PPT2000: Paste Special Not Available in PowerPoint Object Model

ID: Q222721

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

The Paste Special command is not available within the Microsoft PowerPoint object model. To emulate a Paste Special command, use an object model, such as the Microsoft Word object model, that supports the Paste Special command. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that uses the Microsoft Word object model to emulate the Paste Special command in PowerPoint.

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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

Before you create the macro, add a reference to the object models for Word and PowerPoint. To do this, follow these steps:

Start the Visual Basic Editor. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Visual Basic Editor.

On the Tools menu, click References.

In the References - VBAProject dialog box, click to select the following two options from the Available References list: Microsoft PowerPoint 0.0 Object Library Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library

Click OK.

NOTE: This VB code requires that Word and PowerPoint are running.

Create the following macro:


Sub PowerPointPasteSpecial()


   On Error Resume Next
   Err.Clear

   Dim MyDoc As Word.Document
   Dim lSlideNum As Long

   'Copies the current selection in PowerPoint to the clipboard.
   'If nothing is selected a run-time error will occur.
   PowerPoint.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy
   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

      MsgBox "Nothing is selected or not in a valid view.", _
         vbExclamation, "Invalid Selection"
      End

   End If

   'Get the current slide number.
   lSlideNum = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber

   'Creates a new document in Word.
   Set MyDoc = Word.Documents.Add()
   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

      MsgBox "Word is not running or available. Start Word and " _
         & "run the macro again.", vbExclamation, "Word Not Running"
      End

   End If

   'Pastes the information on the Clipboard into the Word document as
   'an Enhanced Metafile. If the information on the Clipboard is text
   'you receive a run-time error. Text does not support pasting as
   'a metafile.
   Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.PasteSpecial _

      DataType:=wdPasteEnhancedMetafile

   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

 MsgBox "Object information not on the Clipboard. Select an object " _

      & "in PowerPoint and run the macro again." & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
      & "Having text information in the clipboard would cause this" _
         & " problem.", vbExclamation, "Incorrect Data In Clipboard"
      End

   End If

   'Copies the object, which is now an enhanced metafile to Clipboard.
   Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy

   'Pastes the metafile onto the PowerPoint slide.
   PowerPoint.ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNum).Shapes.Paste

   'Close the document without saving changes.
   MyDoc.Close (wdDoNotSaveChanges)

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