Microsoft KB Archive/161717

= PPT97: Code to Display the Number of Slides or Shapes Selected =

Article ID: 161717

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q161717



SUMMARY
If you hold down the shift key, you can select multiple slides or shapes at the same time. This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays a message box with the number of shapes or slides that are currently selected.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub HowMany

Const StandardMessage As String = "Please select a slide or a" _ & " shape and run the macro again."

' Define a selection object. Dim TheSelection As PowerPoint.Selection

' String used to create the message box. Dim Message As String

Dim NumberOfObjects As Long

' Assign the TheSelection to the current selection. Set TheSelection = ActiveWindow.Selection

' Determine the type of selection. Select Case TheSelection.Type

' See whether a selection was made. Case ppSelctionNone

Message = "You don't have anything selected. " _ & StandardMessage

' See whether a slide is selected. Case ppSelectionSlides

' Get the number of slides selected. NumberOfObjects = TheSelection.SlideRange.Count

If NumberOfObjects = 1 Then Message = "You have one slide selected." Else Message = "You have " & NumberOfObjects _ & " slides selected." End If

Case ppSelectionShapes

' Get the number of shapes selected. NumberOfObjects = TheSelection.ShapeRange.Count If NumberOfObjects = 1 Then Message = "You have one shape selected." Else Message = "You have " & NumberOfObjects _ & " shapes selected." End If

Case ppSelectionText

Message = "You have text selected. " & StandardMessage

Case Else

MsgBox "Do not recognize your selection.", vbCritical End

End Select

' Display the message box. MsgBox Message, vbInformation

End Sub

