PPT: Sample Code to Retrieve or Set Slide Size

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

SUMMARY

The following article contains two sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macros (Sub procedures). The first sample sets the slide size and the second retrieves the current slide size from PageSetup.

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   Sub SetSlideSize()

      ' Constant used to make calculating inches easier.
      Const PTS As Byte = 72

      ' Create a presentation with the following dimensions:
      ' Width : 8 Inches
      ' Height: 6 Inches
      With ActivePresentation.PageSetup
         .SlideWidth = 8 * PTS
         .SlideHeight = 6 * PTS
      End With

   End Sub

Use the following sample code to retrieve the current slide height and width:

   Sub GetSlideSize()

      ' Declare the variables to store the slide height and width.
      Dim Width As Single
      Dim Height As Single

      ' Retrieve the width and height.
      With ActivePresentation.PageSetup
         Width = .SlideWidth
         Height = .SlideHeight
      End With

      ' Displays a message box with the slide's height and width.
      MsgBox "Width is " & (Width / 72) & " inches and Height is " _
         & (Height / 72) & " inches."

   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