PPT2000: Sample Code to Copy All Objects to a New Presentation

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro that copies all objects from the original presentation to a new presentation created by the macro. This macro can be used to recover data from large presentations that may be damaged.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub CopyPaste()

      ' Declare variables.
      Dim intCount As Long
      Dim intLoop As Long

      ' Returns the number of slides in the damaged presentation.
      intCount = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

      ' Creates new, blank presentation named "Newfile". Then
      ' adds a new blank slide in the first index position.
      Presentations.Add.SaveAs "Newfile"
      Presentations("Newfile").Slides.Add 1, ppLayoutBlank

      ' Loops through count of slides.
      For intLoop = 1 To intCount

         ' After creating the new presentation, the damaged
         ' presentation automatically becomes the second window
         ' index item in the PowerPoint window. This line of
         ' code switches to the damaged presentation.
         Windows.Item(2).Activate
         ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide (intLoop)

         ' Selects and copies objects on active slide.
         ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.SelectAll
         ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy

         ' After switching to the new presentation, the index
         ' position of the two presentations swaps, so to go
         ' back to the new presentation, you must go to the second
         ' index position in the windows item list.
         Windows.Item(2).Activate
         ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide (intLoop)

         ' Pastes objects to active slide in new presentation.
         ActiveWindow.View.Paste

         ' Adds new, blank slide to new presentation if there are
         ' more slides to process.
         If intLoop < intCount Then
            Presentations("Newfile").Slides.Add intLoop + 1, ppLayoutBlank
         End If
      Next intLoop

      ' Tells user that operation has completed.
      MsgBox "Operation Complete!"

   End Sub 

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 : kbhowto