Microsoft KB Archive/222797

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Sample code to add the path and file name to each slide

Article ID: 222797

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft PowerPoint 2004 for Mac
• Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2002 Standard Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2001 for Mac
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2000 Standard Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
• Microsoft PowerPoint X for Mac

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This article was previously published under Q222797

SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that adds the path and file name to the footer of each slide in a presentation. If you change the name or location of the presentation, you can run the macro again to update the footer.

MORE INFORMATION

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. NOTE: The following macro examples work only in PowerPoint. Visual Basic for Applications macros are not supported by the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub UpdatePath()

      ' Macro to add the path and file name to each slide's footer.
      Dim PathAndName As String
      Dim FeedBack As Integer

      ' Place a message box warning prior to replacing footers.
      FeedBack = MsgBox( _
         "This Macro replaces any existing text that appears " & _
         "within your current footers " & Chr(13) & _
         "with the presentation name and its path. " & _
         "Do you want to continue?", vbQuestion + vbYesNo, _
         "Warning!")

      ' If no is selected in the dialog box, quit the macro.
      If FeedBack = vbNo Then
         End
      End If

      ' Gets the path and file name and converts the string to lowercase.
      PathAndName = LCase(ActivePresentation.Path & "\" & _
         ActivePresentation.Name)

      ' Checks whether there is a Title Master, and if so, updates the
      ' path.
      If ActivePresentation.HasTitleMaster Then
         With ActivePresentation.TitleMaster.HeadersFooters
            With .Footer
               .Text = PathAndName
            End With
         End With
      End If

    ' Updates the slide master.
      With ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.HeadersFooters
         With .Footer
            .Text = PathAndName
         End With
      End With

 ' Updates the individual slides that do not follow the master.
Dim X As Integer 
For X = 1 to ActivePresentation.Slides.Count 
     With ActivePresentation.Slides(X).HeadersFooters 
          With .Footer 
                .Text = PathAndName 
          End With
     End With 
 Next
     
   End Sub
                

REFERENCES

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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