PPT2000: Sample Code To Add the Path and File Name to Each Slide

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds the path and file name to the footer of each slide in a presentation. If you change the name or location of the presentation, you can run the macro again to update the footer.

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Q230746 PPT: Viewer: Presentation Macros Don't Run

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub UpdatePath()

      ' Macro to add the path and file name to each slide's footer.
      Dim PathAndName As String
      Dim FeedBack As Integer

      ' Place a message box warning prior to replacing footers.
      FeedBack = MsgBox( _
         "This Macro replaces any existing text that appears " & _
         "within your current footers " & Chr(13) & _
         "with the presentation name and its path. " & _
         "Do you want to continue?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo, _
         "Warning!")

      ' If no is selected in the dialog box, quit the macro.
      If FeedBack = vbNo Then
         End
      End If

      ' Gets the path and file name and converts the string to lowercase.
      PathAndName = LCase(ActivePresentation.Path & "\" & _
         ActivePresentation.Name)

      ' Checks whether there is a Title Master, and if so, updates the
      ' path.
      If ActivePresentation.HasTitleMaster Then
         With ActivePresentation.TitleMaster.HeadersFooters
            With .Footer
               .Text = PathAndName
            End With
         End With
      End If

      ' Updates the slide master.
      With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.HeadersFooters
         With .Footer
            .Text = PathAndName
         End With
      End With

      ' Updates the individual slides that do not follow the master.
      With ActivePresentation.Slides.Range.HeadersFooters
         With .Footer
            .Text = PathAndName
         End With
      End With

   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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