PPT: Sample Code to Reset the Builds on a Slide

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

SUMMARY

When you run a slide show, Microsoft PowerPoint keeps track of the build progress for all slides in the presentation. When PowerPoint finishes building a slide, the builds (on that slide) are not run again unless you start the presentation again or you loop through the slide show. If you want a slide to build more than one time during a slide show, write a macro to force PowerPoint to reset the builds. This article includes a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that resets the builds and displays the slide.

MORE INFORMATION

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub ResetSlide()

      ' The number after GotoSlide is the slide number.
      SlideShowWindows(1).View.GotoSlide 1, msoTrue

   End Sub

1. Click the object you want to use as an action button.

2. On the Slide Show menu, click Action Settings.

3. In the Action Settings dialog box, click the Mouse Click or Mouse Over tab.

   Mouse Click and Mouse Over are events that the action button may respond to.

4. Click to select Run Macro.

5. In the list of macros, click the ResetSlide macro.

6. Click OK.

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