Q168495: PPT: Sample Code to Reset the Builds on a Slide

Article: Q168495
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
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SUMMARY
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When you run a slide show, Microsoft PowerPoint keeps track of the build
progress for all slides in the presentation. When PowerPoint finishes building a
slide, the builds (on that slide) are not run again, unless you start the
presentation again or you loop through the slide show. If you want a slide to
build more than one time during a slide show, write a macro to force PowerPoint
to reset the builds. This article includes a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for
Applications macro (Sub procedure) that resets the builds and displays the
slide.

MORE INFORMATION
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article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language being
demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft
support professionals can help explain the functionality of a particular
procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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  Sub ResetSlide()
     With SlideShowWindows(1).View

        'The With Statement allows the use of slide
        'properties without using variables. GotoSlide
        'runs any animations that are set to run
        'automatically on slide entry.
        .GotoSlide .CurrentShowPosition, msoTrue
     End With
  End Sub

NOTE: To effectively use this code, assign the macro to an action button. To do
this, follow these steps:

1. Click the object you want to use as an action button.

2. On the Slide Show menu, click Action Settings.

3. In the Action Settings dialog box, click the Mouse Click or Mouse Over tab.

  Mouse Click and Mouse Over are events that the action button may respond to.

4. Click to select Run Macro.

5. In the list of macros, click the ResetSlide macro.

6. Click OK.

REFERENCES
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For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, from
the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type "how to create a
macro" (without the quotation marks), click Search, and then click to view
"Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For additional information about Visual Basic for Applications, please see the
following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: ppt8 ppt8.0 8.00 vba vbe visual basic editor animation interactive action settings macppt

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Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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