PPT: Sample Code to Name a Slide

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

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that demonstrates how to assign a name to a slide. Once you name a slide, you can refer to that slide by name elsewhere in your code.

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   Sub NameSlide()

      ' Declare the variables.
      Dim SlideCount, CurrentView As Long
      Dim Changed As Boolean
      Dim Answer As Integer

      ' Code for error trapping.
      On Error Resume Next
      Err.Clear

      ' Count the slides in the presentation.
      SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

      ' Add a new slide to the end of the presentation.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides

         ' Change the name of the slide to My New Slide.
         ' You can name the slide anything you like. You can even
         ' assign the Name property to a string variable.
         .Add(SlideCount + 1, ppLayoutBlank).Name = "My New Slide"

         ' If slide name exists, an error will occur.
         If Err.Number <> 0 Then
            SlideCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
            ActivePresentation.Slides.Range(Array(SlideCount)).Select
            ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Delete
            MsgBox "The slide name is already being used."
            End
         End If
      End With

      ' Save the current view.
      CurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType

      ' Change to slide view.
      If CurrentView <> ppViewSlide Then
         ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide
         Changed = True
      Else
         Changed = False
      End If

      ' This code changes the background of the slide called My New Slide.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides("My New Slide")

         ' Stop the slide from following the master.
         .FollowMasterBackground = False

         ' Change the background color.
         With .Background.Fill
            .PresetGradient msoGradientDiagonalDown, 1, msoGradientFog
         End With

      End With

      ' Restore the original view if needed.
      If Changed = True Then

         Answer = MsgBox("Do you want to restore your original view? " _
            , vbQuestion + vbYesNo)

         ' If the answer is yes...
         If Answer = vbYes Then
            ' ...restore the view.
            ActiveWindow.ViewType = CurrentView
         End If
      End If
   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