PPT2000: Sample Code to Reset the Builds on a Slide

ID: Q222702


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000


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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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

Sample Visual Basic Procedure


   Sub ResetSlide()

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

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

Additional query words: 9.00 ppt9 vba vbe ppt2k powerpt vba2k ppt9.0 ppt2000 program programming

Keywords : kbcode kbmacro kbprg kbdta kbdtacode
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo


Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999
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