VBA: Sample VBA Code to Insert an Image Full Size and Centered

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SUMMARY

Although you can use the AddPicture method in a Visual Basic macro to insert an image on a PowerPoint 97 slide, the AddPicture method requires you to specify the point size of the image. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that imports an image in the correct size. This method does not require you to know the point size of the image in advance.


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Sample Visual Basic Procedure


Sub ImportPictureAtSize()

   Dim oSlide As Slide
   Dim oPicture As Shape

   ' Change slide index position to the first slide
   ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide 1

   ' Set oSlide to the first slide in the presentation.
   Set oSlide = ActiveWindow.Presentation.Slides(1)

   ' Set oPicture to the picture file on your computer. Set Link To
   ' File to false, Save With Document to true, and place it in the
   ' upper left-hand corner of the slide, sized to 1 by 1 points.
   '
   ' NOTE: Before you run this code replace this text string:
   '   "Put image path here!"
   ' with the path to the image you want to import. For example:
   '   "c:\MyImage.bmp"
   Set oPicture = oSlide.Shapes.AddPicture("Put image path here!", _
      msoFalse, msoTrue, 1, 1, 1, 1)
   ' Now scale the picture to full size, with "Relative to original
   ' picture size" set to true for both height and width.
   oPicture.ScaleHeight 1, msoTrue
   oPicture.ScaleWidth 1, msoTrue

   ' Move the picture to the center of the slide. Select it.
   With ActivePresentation.PageSetup
      oPicture.Left = (.SlideWidth \ 2) - (oPicture.Width \ 2)
      oPicture.Top = (.SlideHeight \ 2) - (oPicture.Height \ 2)
      oPicture.Select
   End With

End Sub


REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click Contents And Index on the Help menu, click the Index tab in Microsoft PowerPoint Help, type the following text

how to create a macro
and then double-click the selected text to go to the "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor." topic. If you are unable to find the information you need, ask the Office Assistant.

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: June 24, 1999