PPT2000: Sample Code to Copy Slide to Different Presentation
ID: Q222742
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The information in this article applies to:
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Microsoft PowerPoint 2000
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications
macro (Sub procedure) that copies the current slide from the active
presentation, if it is in slide view, and pastes the slide into another
presentation. If you have two presentations open, the macro pastes the
slide into the presentation that is not the active presentation. If you
have more than two presentations open, the Office Assistant asks you which
presentation you want to receive the object.
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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
Sub AppendSlides()
Dim lCurrentView As Long
' Object reference to presentations.
Dim oDestPres As Presentation
Dim oSourcePres As Presentation
Dim oPossiblePres() As Presentation
Dim oPresObject As Presentation
' Used to build the message box.
Dim strPrompt As String
Dim strTitle As String
' Variables for the assistant.
Dim Ball As Balloon
Dim Count As Long
Dim lResult As Long
' Determine which view the active presentation is using.
lCurrentView = ActiveWindow.ViewType
' Check if PowerPoint is in Slide Sorter view.
If lCurrentView <> ppViewSlideSorter And _
lCurrentView <> ppViewNormal Then
' Create the prompt for the error message.
strPrompt = "You must be in Slide Sorter or Normal view to run " _
& "this macro. Please switch to one of these views and run " _
& "the macro again."
' Create the title for the error message.
strTitle = "Wrong View Type"
' Display the message box.
MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle
' End the macro.
End
End If
' Check if more than one presentation is open.
If PowerPoint.Presentations.Count = 1 Then
' Only one presentation is open.
' Create the prompt for the error message.
strPrompt = "You only have one presentation open. " _
& "Please open a destination presentation and run " _
& "the macro again. "
' Create the title for the error message.
strTitle = "One Presentation Open"
' Display the message box.
MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle
' End the macro.
End
End If
' Check if two presentations are open.
If PowerPoint.Presentations.Count = 2 Then
' Determine which presentation is the destination.
' This algorithm uses the presentation that is not active
' as the destination.
If Presentations(1).Name <> ActivePresentation.Name Then
' The destination is presentations(1).
Set oDestPres = Presentations(1)
Set oSourcePres = Presentations(2)
Else
' The destination is presentations(2).
Set oDestPres = Presentations(2)
Set oSourcePres = Presentations(1)
End If
End If
' Check if more than two presentations are open in PowerPoint.
If PowerPoint.Presentations.Count & 2 Then
' Create the balloon for the assistant.
Set Ball = Assistant.NewBalloon
With Ball
' Set up the heading and text.
.Heading = "Select a Presentation"
.Text = "Which Presentation would you like to use as the " _
& "destination?"
' Sets the BalloonType Property.
.BalloonType = msoBalloonTypeButtons
' Make the balloon modal (this is the default).
.Mode = msoModeModal
' Add a Cancel button to the balloon (OK is default).
.Button = msoButtonSetCancel
End With
For Each oPresObject In PowerPoint.Presentations
If ActivePresentation.Name = oPresObject.Name Then
Set oSourcePres = oPresObject
Else
' Increment the counter.
Count = Count + 1
' Change the size of the array.
ReDim Preserve oPossiblePres(1 To Count)
' Add an object reference to the array.
Set oPossiblePres(Count) = oPresObject
' Assign presentation name to a balloon label.
Ball.Labels(Count).Text = oPresObject.Name
End If
Next oPresObject
' Display the assistant.
If Assistant.Visible = False Then
Assistant.Visible = True
End If
' Display the assistant greeting.
Assistant.Animation = msoAnimationGreeting
' Display the balloon.
lResult = Ball.Show
' End the macro if the Cancel button was hit.
If lResult = -vbCancel Then
End
End If
' Set up the destination.
Set oDestPres = oPossiblePres(lResult)
End If
' Copy the slide and paste to the end of the destination
' presentation.
If oSourcePres.Windows(1).ViewType = ppViewNormal Then
' Copy the slide.
With oSourcePres.Windows(1).Selection.SlideRange
oSourcePres.Slides(.SlideNumber).Copy
End With
' Check if destination presentation is using slide sorter view.
If oDestPres.Windows(1).ViewType = ppViewSlideSorter Then
oDestPres.Windows(1).View.Paste
MsgBox "Sucessfully pasted slide.", vbInformation
Else
' Create the message text for the message box.
strPrompt = "The destination must be Slide Sorter view. " _
& "Switch to Slide Sorter View?"
strTitle = "Change to Slide Sorter"
' Ask the user to switch to slide sorter.
lResult = MsgBox(strPrompt, vbExclamation + vbOKCancel, _
strTitle)
If lResult = vbOK Then
' Paste the slide.
oDestPres.Windows(1).ViewType = ppViewSlideSorter
oDestPres.Windows(1).View.Paste
MsgBox "Sucessfully pasted slide.", vbInformation
Else
' Cancel button was selected.
strPrompt = "No changes have been made to the presentation."
strTitle = "No Changes Made"
MsgBox strPrompt, vbInformation, strTitle
End
End If
End If
Else
' The source presentation is not in Normal view.
strPrompt = "The source presentation is not in Normal view. " _
& "Please switch the active presentation to Normal View and" _
& " run the macro again."
strTitle = "Wrong View"
MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle
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
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Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
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