DOCUMENT:Q161392 13-MAY-2002 [powerpt] TITLE :PPT: Sample Code to Name a Slide 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 demonstrates how to assign a name to a slide. Once you name a slide, you can refer to that slide by name elsewhere in your code. 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 The following sample code adds a slide to the end of your presentation, names that slide My New Slide, and then changes the background color of just My New Slide. Sub NameSlide() ' Declare the variables. Dim SlideCount, CurrentView As Long Dim Changed As Boolean Dim Answer As Integer ' Code for error trapping. On Error Resume Next Err.Clear ' Count the slides in the presentation. SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ' Add a new slide to the end of the presentation. With ActivePresentation.Slides ' Change the name of the slide to My New Slide. ' You can name the slide anything you like. You can even ' assign the Name property to a string variable. .Add(SlideCount + 1, ppLayoutBlank).Name = "My New Slide" ' If slide name exists, an error will occur. If Err.Number <> 0 Then SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count ActivePresentation.Slides.Range(Array(SlideCount)).Select ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Delete MsgBox "The slide name is already being used." End End If End With ' Save the current view. CurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType ' Change to slide view. If CurrentView <> ppViewSlide Then ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide Changed = True Else Changed = False End If ' This code changes the background of the slide called My New Slide. With ActivePresentation.Slides("My New Slide") ' Stop the slide from following the master. .FollowMasterBackground = False ' Change the background color. With .Background.Fill .PresetGradient msoGradientDiagonalDown, 1, msoGradientFog End With End With ' Restore the original view if needed. If Changed = True Then Answer = MsgBox("Do you want to restore your original view? " _ , vbQuestion + vbYesNo) ' If the answer is yes... If Answer = vbYes Then ' ...restore the view. ActiveWindow.ViewType = CurrentView End If 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. 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