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

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

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

      ' 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 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