PPT2000: Sample VB Code to Print Current Slide from Slide Show

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that prints the current slide in a running slide show.

When you run a slide show, it may be desirable, especially if in kiosk mode, to be able to print the current slide in a running slideshow out to a printer. The following code allows you to do this.

This macro code would be used with an action button that is placed on the master slide and attached to the action button using its action settings. When you are viewing the master slide, the macro code would be available for all slides, and it will print whichever slide is currently on display in the slideshow.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   ' This code determines what slide is currently visible in the
   ' slide show and then it clears the print range and prints out the
   ' current slide.
   Sub GetCurrentSlideNumber()

   ' Declare lSldNum as a long integer.
   Dim lSldNum As Long

   ' Assign lSldNum to the current slide number.
   lSldNum = SlideShowWindows(1).View.Slide.SlideNumber

   ' Set the print options for the active presentation.
   With ActivePresentation.PrintOptions

      ' Set RangeType to print a slide range.
      .RangeType = ppPrintSlideRange

      ' Delete old print range settings.
      .Ranges.ClearAll

      ' Set Ranges to the new range for the current slide.
      .Ranges.Add lSldNum, lSldNum

   End With

   ' Using the current print settings print the slide to the default
   ' printer.
   ActivePresentation.PrintOut
   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
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