Article ID: 161485
Article Last Modified on 10/11/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q161485
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that checks a presentation to see if any slides have backgrounds different from the Slide and/or Title Masters. If the macro finds a slide that has a different background, it displays the slide number in a message box at the end of the macro.
MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub FollowMaster()
' Declare the variables.
Dim OmitSlides() As String, Message As String
Dim Index As Long, Count As Long, NumSlides As Long
Dim CurrentSlide as Slide
Dim Flag As Boolean
' Used to control the loop.
Dim j As Long
' Initialize the index and flag.
Index = -1
Flag = False
' Get the number of slides.
NumSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
' Loop through the slides.
For j = 1 To NumSlides
Set CurrentSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(j)
' Check to see whether slide is different from master.
If CurrentSlide.DisplayMasterShapes = msoFalse Or _
CurrentSlide.FollowMasterBackground = msoFalse Then
' Add the slide number to an array.
Index = Index + 1
ReDim Preserve OmitSlides(Index)
OmitSlides(Index) = j
' Set the flag to True if one slide is not following the
' master.
If Flag = False Then
Flag = True
End If
End If
Next j
' Display the results.
If Flag = False Then
MsgBox "All slides are following the master.", vbInformation
Else
' Start building message for the message box.
If Index < 1 Then
Message = "The following slide is NOT following the Master:" _
& Chr(13)
Else
Message = "The following " & Index + 1 & " slides are NOT " _
& "following the Master:" & Chr(13)
End If
' Loop until slides finished.
For j = 0 To Index
Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(9) & "Slide #" & _
OmitSlides(j)
Next j
' Display the completed message box.
MsgBox Message, vbInformation
End If
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."
For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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