PPT2000: Sample VB Code to Get Selected Text

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays the currently selected text in a message box.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub GetSelectedText()

      On Error Resume Next
      Err.Clear

      Dim oText As TextRange

      ' Get an object reference to the selected text range.
      Set oText = ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange

      ' Check to see whether error occurred when getting text object
      ' reference.
      If Err.Number <> 0 Then

         MsgBox "Invalid Selection. Please highlight some text " _
            & "or select a text frame and run the macro again.", _
            vbExclamation
         End

      End If

      ' Display the selected text in a message box.
      If oText.Text = "" Then
         MsgBox "No Text Selected.", vbInformation
      Else
         MsgBox oText.Text, vbInformation
      End If

   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

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

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