PPT2000: GoToSlide Method Uses Custom Show Slide Index

ID: Q222683

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

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 uses the current slide index. If you use 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 the SlideShowWindows property. The index value of a slide depends on whether or not you are using a custom show. If you are not using a custom show, the SlideShowWindow uses the default index values. If you use a custom show instead, the SlideShowWindow object must use the index values as defined by the custom show.

WORKAROUND

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NOTE: The following macro examples only work from within the PowerPoint application. Visual Basic for Applications macros are not supported by the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

If you want to use a custom slide show and the GotoSlide method, use the correct custom show slide index value for the method.

For example, slide 25 is slide 4 in Custom Show 2. To have the GotoSlide method go to that slide, the code should look similar to the following:


   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 using the sample code in this article, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo