Microsoft KB Archive/163531

= PPT: Code to Count the Placeholders on the Current Slide =

Article ID: 163531

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 Q163531



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that counts the number of placeholders on the current slide and then displays the total in a message box.



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 macro counts placeholders only when you are using slide view.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CountPlaceholders

Dim MyShape As shape Dim lSlideNumber As Long Dim Count As Long

' Initialize the counter. Count = 0

' Check to see whether PowerPoint is in slide view. If ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide Then

' Get the current slide number. lSlideNumber = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber

' Loop through all shapes in the current slide. For Each MyShape In ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes

If MyShape.Type = msoPlaceholder Then

' Increment the placeholder counter. Count = Count + 1

End If

Next MyShape

' Display the total number of placeholders. MsgBox "You have " & Count & " placeholder(s) on this slide"

Else MsgBox "You must be in slide view to run this macro.", _ vbInformation End If

End Sub

