Microsoft KB Archive/243735

= PPT2000: Sample Macro to Insert a Customized Slide =

Article ID: 243735

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q243735



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that allows you to use a custom slide layout within PowerPoint.



MORE INFORMATION
Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. NOTE: The following macro examples work only in PowerPoint. Visual Basic for Applications macros are not supported by the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub InsertSlideFromFile ' skip to error section if there is an error On Error GoTo Error_Message

' get the active slide index i = ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex

' Inserts a slide from the file into the active presentation ' NOTE: Just replace the  with the full ' path and file name of your source presentation ActivePresentation.Slides.InsertfromFile "", i

End

Error_Message:

' An Error Occurred MsgBox "You must have at least one slide existing in your presentation.    Please add a new slide and try again.", vbExclamation + vbOKOnly, "You    do not have an active slide!"

End Sub For additional information about how to assign this macro to a template instead of a presentation file, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

158891 PPT: Using Macros Stored in Templates

For additional information about how to create a toolbar button to activate this macro, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

158896 PPT: How to Add a Macro to a Toolbar

