Microsoft KB Archive/163611

= PPT: Sample Code to Retrieve the Fonts Used in a Presentation =

Article ID: 163611

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 Q163611



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that retrieves the names of all fonts used in the active presentation and displays the font list in a message box.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub GetFontsInPresentation

' Dimension the variables. Dim ofont As font Dim strPrompt As String Dim count As Long

' Initialize the counter. count = 0

' Loop through every font in the presentation. For Each ofont In ActivePresentation.Fonts count = count + 1

' Get the name of the font and add it to strPrompt. strPrompt = strPrompt & count & ") " & ofont.Name & Chr(13)     Next ofont

' Display the font list. MsgBox strPrompt, vbInformation, "Font List"

End Sub

