Microsoft KB Archive/168649

= VBA: Sample VBA Code to Insert an Image Full Size and Centered =

Article ID: 168649

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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SUMMARY
Although you can use the AddPicture method in a Visual Basic macro to insert an image on a PowerPoint 97 slide, the AddPicture method requires you to specify the point size of the image. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that imports an image in the correct size. This method does not require you to know the point size of the image in advance.



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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub ImportPictureAtSize

Dim oSlide As Slide Dim oPicture As Shape

' Change slide index position to the first slide ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide 1

' Set oSlide to the first slide in the presentation. Set oSlide = ActiveWindow.Presentation.Slides(1)

' Set oPicture to the picture file on your computer. Set Link To  ' File to false, Save With Document to true, and place it in the ' upper left-hand corner of the slide, sized to 1 by 1 points. '  ' NOTE: Before you run this code replace this text string: '  "Put image path here!" ' with the path to the image you want to import. For example: '  "c:\MyImage.bmp" Set oPicture = oSlide.Shapes.AddPicture("Put image path here!", _     msoFalse, msoTrue, 1, 1, 1, 1) ' Now scale the picture to full size, with "Relative to original  ' picture size" set to true for both height and width. oPicture.ScaleHeight 1, msoTrue oPicture.ScaleWidth 1, msoTrue

' Move the picture to the center of the slide. Select it. With ActivePresentation.PageSetup oPicture.Left = (.SlideWidth \ 2) - (oPicture.Width \ 2) oPicture.Top = (.SlideHeight \ 2) - (oPicture.Height \ 2) oPicture.Select End With

End Sub

