DOCUMENT:Q161485 13-MAY-2002 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: Sample Code to Find Slides that Don't Follow Slide Master 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that checks a presentation to see if any slides have backgrounds different from the Slide and/or Title Masters. If the macro finds a slide that has a different background, it displays the slide number in a message box at the end of the macro. 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 FollowMaster() ' Declare the variables. Dim OmitSlides() As String, Message As String Dim Index As Long, Count As Long, NumSlides As Long Dim CurrentSlide as Slide Dim Flag As Boolean ' Used to control the loop. Dim j As Long ' Initialize the index and flag. Index = -1 Flag = False ' Get the number of slides. NumSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ' Loop through the slides. For j = 1 To NumSlides Set CurrentSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(j) ' Check to see whether slide is different from master. If CurrentSlide.DisplayMasterShapes = msoFalse Or _ CurrentSlide.FollowMasterBackground = msoFalse Then ' Add the slide number to an array. Index = Index + 1 ReDim Preserve OmitSlides(Index) OmitSlides(Index) = j ' Set the flag to True if one slide is not following the ' master. If Flag = False Then Flag = True End If End If Next j ' Display the results. If Flag = False Then MsgBox "All slides are following the master.", vbInformation Else ' Start building message for the message box. If Index < 1 Then Message = "The following slide is NOT following the Master:" _ & Chr(13) Else Message = "The following " & Index + 1 & " slides are NOT " _ & "following the Master:" & Chr(13) End If ' Loop until slides finished. For j = 0 To Index Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(9) & "Slide #" & _ OmitSlides(j) Next j ' Display the completed message box. MsgBox Message, vbInformation End If 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 vba vbe template differ omit background color colour 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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