Microsoft KB Archive/164939

= PPT97: Paste Special Not Available in PowerPoint Object Model =

Article ID: 164939

Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q164939



SUMMARY
The Paste Special command is not available within the Microsoft PowerPoint object model. To emulate a Paste Special command, use an object model, such as the Microsoft Word object model, that supports the Paste Special command. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that uses the Microsoft Word object model to emulate the Paste Special command in PowerPoint.



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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. Before you create the macro, add a reference to the object models for Word and PowerPoint, using these steps:

 Start the Visual Basic Editor. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Visual Basic Editor. On the Tools menu, click References. In the References - VBAProject dialog box, click to select the following two options from the Available References list:

Microsoft PowerPoint 8.0 Object Library

Microsoft Word 8.0 Object Library

 Click OK.

NOTE: This VB code requires that Word and PowerPoint are running.

Create the following macro: Sub PowerPointPasteSpecial

On Error Resume Next Err.Clear

Dim MyDoc As Word.Document Dim lSlideNum As Long

'Copies the current selection in PowerPoint to the clipboard. 'If nothing is selected a run-time error will occur. PowerPoint.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy If Err.Number <> 0 Then MsgBox "Nothing is selected or not in a valid view.", _ vbExclamation, "Invalid Selection" End End If

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

'Creates a new document in Word. Set MyDoc = Word.Documents.Add If Err.Number <> 0 Then MsgBox "Word is not running or available. Start Word and " _ & "run the macro again.", vbExclamation, "Word Not Running" End End If

'Pastes the information on the Clipboard into the Word document as  'an Enhanced Metafile. If the information on the Clipboard is text 'you receive a run-time error. Text does not support pasting as  'a metafile. Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.PasteSpecial _ DataType:=wdPasteEnhancedMetafile If Err.Number <> 0 Then MsgBox "Object information not on the Clipboard. Select an object " _ & "in PowerPoint and run the macro again." & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _ & "Having text information in the clipboard would cause this" _ & " problem.", vbExclamation, "Incorrect Data In Clipboard" End End If

'Copies the object, which is now an enhanced metafile to Clipboard. Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy

'Pastes the metafile onto the PowerPoint slide. PowerPoint.ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNum).Shapes.Paste

'Close the document without saving changes. MyDoc.Close (wdDoNotSaveChanges)

End Sub

