Microsoft KB Archive/158913

= PPT: Sample Macro Code To Visit Every Open Slide =

Article ID: 158913

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 Q158913



SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that cycles through every slide in every open presentation and adds a rectangle to each slide.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub VisitEverySlide

' This Macro vists every slide within every active presentation. Dim NumberOfPresentations As Integer Dim NumberOfSlides As Integer

' Declare the variables for loops. Dim x, y As Long

' Retrieves the total number of open presentations. NumberOfPresentations = Application.Presentations.Count

' Loops through every open presentation. For i = 1 To NumberOfPresentations

' Set pres = Application.Presentations(i) ' Counts the number of slides within the current presentation. NumberOfSlides = Application.Presentations(i).Slides.Count

' Goes through every slide in the presentation. For j = 1 To NumberOfSlides

' This sample adds a rectangle to every slide. ' Remove this code and add your slide-specific code here. With Application.Presentations(i).Slides.Item(j).Shapes .AddShape msoShapeRectangle, 50, 50, 100, 200 End With

Next j

Next i

End Sub

