PPT97: Cannot Set Save Picture Preview Programmatically

ID: Q162708

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

When you save a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation, you can save a preview picture along with the presentation file. A preview is a graphic representation of the first slide in the presentation. Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications does not provide a property or method for the Save Picture Preview option. This article provides a sample Visual Basic macro that uses the SendKeys command to achieve this result.

To store a preview picture with the presentation file, click Properties on the File menu, select the Summary tab, and then click to select the Save Preview Picture check box. To see a preview of a presentation, click Open on the File menu, select a presentation, and click the Preview button.

MORE INFORMATION

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NOTE: You may experience unexpected results if PowerPoint is not the active window.

   Sub ToggleSavePreviewPicture()

      ' Sends ALT+F to open the File menu.
      SendKeys ("%f"), True

      ' Sends ALT+I to open the Properties dialog box and displays the
      ' Summary tab.
      SendKeys ("i"), False

      ' Selects the Save Preview Picture check box.
      SendKeys ("%v"), True

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

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

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

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999