PPT: Sample Code to Reset the Builds on a Slide

ID: q168495

The information in this article applies to:

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()
   With SlideShowWindows(1).View

      'The With Statement allows the use of slide
      'properties without using variables. GotoSlide
      'runs any animations that are set to run
      'automatically on slide entry.
      .GotoSlide .CurrentShowPosition, msoTrue
   End With
End Sub

NOTE: To effectively use this code, assign the macro to an action button. To do this, follow these steps:

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

On the Slide Show menu, click Action Settings.

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.

Click to select Run Macro.

In the list of macros, click the ResetSlide macro.

Click OK.

REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type how to create a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

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, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information about Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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