PPT2000: Tag Name Always Returned As Upper Case String

ID: Q222727

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SYMPTOMS

The name of a tag in a Tags collection is returned in uppercase letters, even if you explicitly create the tag in lowercase or mixed-case letters. The name of a tag is not case sensitive.

CAUSE

When it is created, the Tags object converts the tag to upper case. This behavior is by design.

WORKAROUND

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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

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) creates a tag and formats the returned tag name using title case:


   Sub FormatTagName()

      Dim strTagName As String

      With ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Tags

         ' Create a tag named Priority with a value of Low.
         .Add "Priority", "Low"

         ' Convert the name of the tag to proper (title) case. This
         ' converts the first letter of every word in the string to
         ' uppercase and stores the result in strTagName.
         strTagName = StrConv(.Name(1), vbProperCase)

      End With

      ' Display the name of the tag in a message box.
      MsgBox strTagName

   End Sub

NOTE: This code formats the return value of the tag name. It does not change the case of the tag name, which remains uppercase.

For more information about string procedures, click the Office Assistant in the Visual Basic Editor, type string manipulation, click Search, and then click to view any of the string function topics.

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar.

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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