Microsoft KB Archive/285504

= Only the first slide in the slide range is exported when you use the Export method in the VBA macro to export the slide range in a PowerPoint presentation =

Article ID: 285504

Article Last Modified on 3/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
 * Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2007

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This article was previously published under Q285504





SYMPTOMS
When you use a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro in Microsoft PowerPoint to export a range of slides to a new presentation by using the Export method, the new presentation may contain only the first slide in the slide range.



CAUSE
This behavior occurs because the Slides.Range.Export method, as defined for the Slides.Range object, exports only the first slide in the range. This is because the Slides.Range.Export method is the same method defined for the Slide object, which exports only the currently selected slide in the format that you want.



WORKAROUND
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To work around this issue, use the following sample code to copy each slide in the range to a new presentation, rather than using the Export method. Sub exportPres Dim rngSld As SlideRange Dim oPres As Presentation Dim i As Long Dim lStart As Long Dim lEnd As Long '  ' Set the starting values for the export. '  lStart = 2 lEnd = 5 '  ' Assign the slide range to the entire slide range ' collection of the presentation. '  Set rngSld = ActivePresentation.Slides.Range '  ' Add a new presentation to PowerPoint. '  Set oPres = Presentations.Add '  ' From the starting slide index to the last slide ' index position, loop copying slides from old to  ' the new presentation. '  For i = lStart To lEnd rngSld(i).Copy oPres.Slides.Paste Next i End Sub



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words: PPT PPT2002 PPT2003 PPT2007

Keywords: kbprb kbtshoot kbexpertisebeginner kbbug kbpending KB285504

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