Article ID: 161717
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 Q161717
SUMMARY
If you hold down the shift key, you can select multiple slides or shapes at the same time. This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that displays a message box with the number of shapes or slides that are currently selected.
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub HowMany()
Const StandardMessage As String = "Please select a slide or a" _
& " shape and run the macro again."
' Define a selection object.
Dim TheSelection As PowerPoint.Selection
' String used to create the message box.
Dim Message As String
Dim NumberOfObjects As Long
' Assign the TheSelection to the current selection.
Set TheSelection = ActiveWindow.Selection
' Determine the type of selection.
Select Case TheSelection.Type
' See whether a selection was made.
Case ppSelctionNone
Message = "You don't have anything selected. " _
& StandardMessage
' See whether a slide is selected.
Case ppSelectionSlides
' Get the number of slides selected.
NumberOfObjects = TheSelection.SlideRange.Count
If NumberOfObjects = 1 Then
Message = "You have one slide selected."
Else
Message = "You have " & NumberOfObjects _
& " slides selected."
End If
Case ppSelectionShapes
' Get the number of shapes selected.
NumberOfObjects = TheSelection.ShapeRange.Count
If NumberOfObjects = 1 Then
Message = "You have one shape selected."
Else
Message = "You have " & NumberOfObjects _
& " shapes selected."
End If
Case ppSelectionText
Message = "You have text selected. " & StandardMessage
Case Else
MsgBox "Do not recognize your selection.", vbCritical
End
End Select
' Display the message box.
MsgBox Message, vbInformation
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more information about selection types, please see the following article here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
161390 PPT: Sample Code to Display the Selection Type
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 additional 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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