PPT97: GoToSlide Method Uses Custom Show Slide Index

ID: Q183908

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SYMPTOMS

When you use the following method in a macro, a slide other than the one you expected may appear 

   SlideShowWIndows(index).View.GotoSlide x
where x is the index value representing the slide you want to be displayed.

CAUSE

The GotoSlide method makes use of the current slide index. If you are using a custom slide show, the index values for the slides in the show will be used, not their default values.

GotoSlide is a method of the View property and therefore a method of the SlideShowWindows property. The index value of a slide depends entirely on whether or not a custom show is being used. If no custom show is being used, then the SlideShowWindow uses the default index values. However, if a custom show is used, then the SlideShowWindow object must use the index values as defined by the custom show.

WORKAROUND

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If you are want to use a custom slide show and the GotoSlide method, use the correct custom show slide index value for the method to work. For example, let's say slide 25 is slide 4 in Custom Show 2. To have the GotoSlide method go to that slide, the code should look like this: 

   SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 4, msoTrue
Even though it has the slide index value of 25, it is the fourth slide in Custom Show 2. Therefore, you need to reference it that way.

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: kbmacro vba kbcode kbmacro vba powerpnt ppt powerpnt97 8.0 ppt98 ppt97 powerpnt98 macppt mac_ppt shows 
Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999