PPT2000: Macro Recorder Does Not Record Increase or Decrease Font

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

If you record a macro that uses the Increase Font Size or Decrease Font Size buttons (on the Formatting toolbar) to increase or decrease the font size, the macro recorder does not record any commands. This article provides two alternative options for this issue.

CAUSE

When you record a macro, the macro recorder attempts to analyze your actions and then create the equivalent Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code. The PowerPoint object model does not provide a direct equivalent to the increase and decrease font size buttons.

RESOLUTION

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Method 1. Record a macro that opens the Font dialog box

1. Start the Macro Recorder.
   
   1. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Record New Macro.
   
   
   
   2. In the Macro Name box, type a name for your macro, and then click OK.
   
   
   



2. Select some text on your slide.



3. On the Format menu, click Font.



4. In the Size list type or select the font size you want.



5. Click OK.



6. On the Tools menu, point to Macro, and then click Stop Recording.

Method 2. Create a macro in the Visual Basic Editor

   Sub IncreaseFontSize()

      Dim lCurrentSize As Long, lNewFontSize As Long
      Dim oTextRange As TextRange, oWordRange As TextRange
      Dim i As Long

      ' Get reference to the selected text.
      Set oTextRange = ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange

      ' Loop through the words in the selection.
      For i = 1 To oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words.Characters.Count

         ' Get a reference to the first word in the selection.
         Set oWordRange = oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words.Characters(i, 1)

         With oWordRange

            ' Get the current font size.
            lCurrentSize = .Font.Size

            ' Calculate the new font size.
            lNewFontSize = lCurrentSize + ((.Font.Size * 10) / 100)
            oWordRange.Font.Size = lNewFontSize

         End With

      Next i

   End Sub 

   Sub DecreaseFontSize()

      Dim lCurrentSize As Long, lNewFontSize As Long
      Dim oTextRange As TextRange, oWordRange As TextRange
      Dim i As Long

      ' Get reference to the selected text.
      Set oTextRange = ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange

      ' Loop through the words in the selection.
      For i = 1 To oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words.Characters.Count

         ' Get a reference to the first word in the selection.
         Set oWordRange = oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words.Characters(i, 1)

         With oWordRange

            ' Get the current font size.
            lCurrentSize = .Font.Size

            ' Calculate the new font size.
            lNewFontSize = lCurrentSize - ((.Font.Size * 10) / 100)
            oWordRange.Font.Size = lNewFontSize

         End With

      Next i

   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 : kbprb