PPT2000: Sample Code to Find Slides that Don't Follow Slide Master

ID: Q222788


The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 2000


SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that checks a presentation to see if any slides have backgrounds different from the Slide or Title Masters. If the macro finds a slide that has a different background, it displays the slide number in a message box when the macro ends.


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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 FollowMaster()

      ' Declare the variables.
      Dim OmitSlides() As String, Message As String
      Dim Index As Long, Count As Long, NumSlides As Long
      Dim CurrentSlide as Slide
      Dim Flag As Boolean

      ' Used to control the loop.
      Dim j As Long

      ' Initialize the index and flag.
      Index = -1
      Flag = False

      ' Get the number of slides.
      NumSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

      ' Loop through the slides.
      For j = 1 To NumSlides
         Set CurrentSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(j)

         ' Check to see whether slide is different from master.
         If CurrentSlide.DisplayMasterShapes = msoFalse Or _
            CurrentSlide.FollowMasterBackground = msoFalse Then
            ' Add the slide number to an array.
            Index = Index + 1
            ReDim Preserve OmitSlides(Index)
            OmitSlides(Index) = j

            ' Set the flag to True if one slide is not following the
            ' master.
            If Flag = False Then
               Flag = True
            End If
         End If

      Next j

      ' Display the results.
      If Flag = False Then
         MsgBox "All slides are following the master.", vbInformation
      Else

         ' Start building message for the message box.
         If Index < 1 Then
            Message = "The following slide is NOT following the Master:" _
               & Chr(13)
         Else
            Message = "The following " & Index + 1 & " slides are NOT " _
               & "following the Master:" & Chr(13)
         End If

         ' Loop until slides finished.
         For j = 0 To Index
            Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(9) & "Slide #" & _
               OmitSlides(j)
         Next j

         ' Display the completed message box.
         MsgBox Message, 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

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


Last Reviewed: July 14, 1999
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