Microsoft KB Archive/163566

= PPT: Sample VB Code to Group Objects Together =

Article ID: 163566

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 Q163566



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that groups together all shapes on the current slide, excluding placeholders.



MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub GroupObjects

' Dimension the variables. Dim shapeObject As shape Dim lSlideNumber As Long Dim strPrompt, strTitle As String Dim ShapeList As String Dim count As Long

' Initialize the counter. count = 0

' Make sure PowerPoint is in slide view. If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then

' Set up the error message. strPrompt = "You must be in slide view to run this macro." _           & " Change to slide view and run the macro again." strTitle = "Not In Slide View"

' Display the error message. MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle

' Stop the macro. End

End If

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

' Loop through the shapes on the slide. For Each shapeObject In _ ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes

' See whether shape is a placeholder. If shapeObject.Type <> msoPlaceholder Then

' Increment count if the shape is not a placeholder. count = count + 1

' Get the name of the shape and store it in the ShapeList ' array. ReDim Preserve ShapeList(1 To count) ShapeList(count) = shapeObject.Name

End If

Next shapeObject

' If more than 1 object (excluding a placeholder object) is found, ' group the objects. If count > 1 Then With ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes

' Group the shapes together. .Range(ShapeList).Group.Select End With Else

Select Case count

' One shape found. Case 1

' Set up the message. strPrompt = "Only one shape found." _                 & " You need at least two shapes to group." strTitle = "One Shape Available"

' Zero shapes found. Case 0

' Set up the message. strPrompt = "No shapes found. You need to have at " _ & "least two shapes, excluding placeholders." strTitle = "No Shapes Available"

' An error occurred. Case Else

' Set up the message. strPrompt = "The macro found an error it could not correct." strTitle = "Error"

End Select

' Display the message. MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle

End If

End Sub

