Microsoft KB Archive/158502

= PPT: Macro Menus and Visual Basic Editor Require an Open File =

Article ID: 158502

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 Q158502



SUMMARY
You can only use the Macro Recorder and the Visual Basic Editor when there is a presentation open. If you close all presentations and then click Macro on the Tools menu, all the choices are unavailable (dimmed).

If you have the Visual Basic Editor open and close all open presentations, the Visual Basic Editor closes when you close the last presentation.

NOTE: The Macro Recorder is only available in PowerPoint 97 for Windows.

There is no Macro Recorder for PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition.



MORE INFORMATION
PowerPoint stores macros and Visual Basic code in presentations. If there is no active presentation, there is no place to store the code. For this reason, PowerPoint disables these features when no presentation is open.

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