Sample Code to Reset Custom Animation

ID: Q162091

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft PowerPoint 97 For Windows

SUMMARY

The following sample code turns off any custom animation settings within the active presentation. At the end of the macro a message box is displayed indicating if any changes were made to the presentation.

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Sub ResetCustomAnimation()
 
   Dim SlideObject As Slide
   Dim ShapeObject As Shape
   Dim TotalChanges As Long
 
   ' Initialize the counters
   TotalChanges = 0
 
   ' Outer loop goes through every slide in the Active presentation
   For Each SlideObject In Application.ActivePresentation.Slides
 
      ' Inner loop goes through every shape in the presentation
      For Each ShapeObject In SlideObject.Shapes
 
         With ShapeObject.AnimationSettings
 
            ' Check if animation settings are used
            If .Animate <> msoFalse Then
               .Animate = msoFalse
               TotalChanges = TotalChanges + 1
            End If
 
         End With
 
      Next ShapeObject
 
   Next SlideObject
 
   ' Check if any objects were changed
   If TotalChanges = 0 Then
 
      MsgBox "No objects had animation events. No changes were made " _
         & "to the presentation.", vbInformation, "No Custom Animations"
 
   Else
 
      ' Set up the message box
      If TotalChanges = 1 Then
         MsgBox "The custom animation settings were successfully reset.", _
            vbInformation, TotalChanges & " Object Reset"
      Else
         MsgBox "The custom animation settings were successfully reset.", _
            vbInformation, TotalChanges & " Objects Reset"
      End If
 
   End If
 
End Sub

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Additional query words: 97 8.00 kbmacro ppt8 vba vbe

Keywords : kbcode kbmacro kbprg kbpptvba
Version : WINDOWS:97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto