PPT97: Tag Name Always Returned As Upper Case String

ID: Q163856

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

The name of a tag in a Tags collection is returned in uppercase letters, even if you explicitly create the tag in lowercase or mixed case letters. The name of a tag is not case sensitive.

CAUSE

The Tags object converts the name to upper case when it is created. This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) creates a tag and formats the returned tag name using title case:

   Sub FormatTagName()

      Dim strTagName As String

      With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Tags

         ' Create a tag named Priority with a value of Low.
         .Add "Priority", "Low"

         ' Convert the name of the tag to proper (title) case. This
         ' converts the first letter of every word in the string to
         ' uppercase and stores the result in strTagName.
         strTagName = StrConv(.Name(1), vbProperCase)

      End With

      ' Display the name of the tag in a message box.
      MsgBox strTagName

   End Sub

NOTE: This code formats the return value of the tag name. It does not change the case of the tag name, which remains uppercase.

For more information about string procedures, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type "string manipulation," click Search, and then click to view any of the string function topics.

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   ARTICLE-ID: Q176476
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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

Additional query words: 8.00 ppt8 vba vbe ppt97 macppt mac_ppt ppt98 powerpt

Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode kbpptvba 
Version           : WINDOWS:97; MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999