Microsoft KB Archive/163434

= PPT: Sample VB Code to Get Selected Text =

Article ID: 163434

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 Q163434



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays the currently selected text in a message box.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub GetSelectedText

On Error Resume Next Err.Clear

Dim oText As TextRange

' Get an object reference to the selected text range. Set oText = ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange

' Check to see whether error occurred when getting text object ' reference. If Err.Number <> 0 Then

MsgBox "Invalid Selection. Please highlight some text " _ & "or select a text frame and run the macro again.", _ vbExclamation End

End If

' Display the selected text in a message box. If oText.Text = "" Then MsgBox "No Text Selected.", vbInformation Else MsgBox oText.Text, vbInformation End If

End Sub

