PPT: Sample Code To Add the Path and File Name to Each Slide

ID: Q159365

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds the path and file name to the footer of each slide in a presentation. If you change the name or location of the presentation, you can run the macro again to update the footer.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub UpdatePath()

      ' Macro to add the path and file name to each slide's footer.
      Dim PathAndName As String
      Dim FeedBack As Integer

      ' Place a message box warning prior to replacing footers.
      FeedBack = MsgBox( _
         "This Macro replaces any existing text that appears " & _
         "within your current footers " & Chr(13) & _
         "with the presentation name and its path. " & _
         "Do you want to continue?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo, _
         "Warning!")

      ' If no is selected in the dialog box, quit the macro.
      If FeedBack = vbNo Then
         End
      End If

      ' Gets the path and file name and converts the string to lowercase.
      PathAndName = LCase(ActivePresentation.Path & "\" & _
         ActivePresentation.Name)

      ' Checks whether there is a Title Master, and if so, updates the
      ' path.
      If ActivePresentation.HasTitleMaster Then
         With ActivePresentation.TitleMaster.HeadersFooters
            With .Footer
               .Text = PathAndName
            End With
         End With
      End If

      ' Updates the slide master.
      With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.HeadersFooters
         With .Footer
            .Text = PathAndName
         End With
      End With

      ' Updates the individual slides that do not follow the master.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides.Range.HeadersFooters
         With .Footer
            .Text = PathAndName
         End With
      End With

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro," click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to run a macro," click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
   TITLE     : OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode kbpptvba 
Version           : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999