DOCUMENT:Q161661 13-MAY-2002 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: Sample Code to Copy Slides to Another Presentation PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS:kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition - Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 version of this article, see Q274700. For a Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 version of this article, see Q222780. SUMMARY ======= This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that copies all slides, as PowerPoint objects, from your active presentation to another presentation. If you have one presentation open, the macro creates and then adds the slides to the new presentation. If you have two presentations open, the macro appends the slides to the end of the second presentation. MORE INFORMATION ================ Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. This 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 functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific needs. If you have limited programming experience, you may want to contact a Microsoft Certified Partner or the Microsoft fee-based consulting line at (800) 936-5200. For more information about Microsoft Certified Partners, please visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/partner/referral/ For more information about the support options that are available and about how to contact Microsoft, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS Sample Visual Basic Procedure ----------------------------- Sub SlideCopy() ' Variable declarations. Dim SourceView, answer As Integer Dim SourceSlides, NumPres, x As Long ' Count the open presentations. NumPres = Presentations.Count ' Check to see whether more than one presentation is open. If NumPres = 0 Then ' If no presentations are open, stop the macro. MsgBox "You must have at least one presentation open", _ vbCritical + vbOKOnly, "No Presentations Open" End End If ' If more than two presentations are open, quit the macro. If NumPres > 2 Then MsgBox "Too many open presentations. Only two presentations" _ & " may be open." & Chr(13) & "The active presentation is " _ & "the source and other presentation is the destination.", _ vbOKOnly + vbCritical, "Too Many Open Presentations" End End If ' Stores the current view of the source presentation. SourceView = ActiveWindow.ViewType ' Count the number of slides in source presentation. SourceSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ' See whether only one presentation is open. If NumPres = 1 Then answer = MsgBox("Only one presentation is open. " & _ "This presentation will be used as the source. " & _ Chr(13) & "Press YES to create a new presentation as " _ & "the destination.", vbYesNo + vbQuestion, "Only One " _ & "Presentation Open") ' If no selected in the message box, quit the macro. If answer = vbNo Then End End If ' Create a new presentation for the designation. Presentations.Add ' Set up the slide size to be the same as the source. With ActivePresentation.PageSetup .SlideHeight = Presentations(1).PageSetup.SlideHeight .SlideWidth = Presentations(1).PageSetup.SlideWidth End With ' Switch the destination presentation to slide view. If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide End If ' Switch to the source presentation. Presentations(1).Windows(1).Activate End If ' Change the view to slide sorter if not there already. If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlideSorter Then ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlideSorter End If ' Loop through all the slides and copy them to destination one by ' one. For x = 1 To SourceSlides ' Select the first slide in the presentation and copy it. ActivePresentation.Slides.Range(Array(x)).Select ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy ' Switch to destination presentation. Presentations(2).Windows(1).Activate ' Create a new slide. ActivePresentation.Slides.Add _ ActivePresentation.Slides.Count + 1, ppLayoutBlank ' Make sure the new presentation is slide view. If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide End If ' Switch to the proper slide. ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide Index:=ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ' Paste the slide. ActiveWindow.View.Paste ' Adjust the size of the pasted object. With ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange .Left = 0 .Top = 0 .Width = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideWidth .Height = ActivePresentation.PageSetup.SlideHeight End With ' Unselect the object. ActiveWindow.Selection.Unselect ' Switch to source. Presentations(1).Windows(1).Activate Next x ' Restore the current view to source. ActiveWindow.ViewType = SourceView 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" (without the quotation marks) 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" (without the quotation marks), 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: Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications Additional query words: 97 8.00 kbmacro ppt8 ppt8.0 vba vbe vb macppt mac_ppt ppt98 98 powerpt ====================================================================== Keywords : kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 Technology : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3 Version : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97 Hardware : MAC x86 Issue type : kbhowto ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. 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