Article ID: 162101
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 Q162101
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that creates a new slide in the active presentation and then adds four boxes. The boxes appear on the slide in a layout similar to the Organization Chart AutoLayout.
The boxes the macro creates are not Organization Chart objects. The boxes are PowerPoint objects. You can edit these boxes using PowerPoint drawing tools.
MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub CreateOrgChart()
' Define the varables used for the boxes.
Dim Main As Shape
Dim MBox As Shape
Dim LBox as Shape
Dim RBox as Shape
' Change these values to make different size boxes.
Const BoxWidth As Integer = 200
Const BoxHeight As Integer = 75
' Change this value to change the space between boxes.
Const space As Integer = 40
' Declare variables to hold slide height and width info.
Dim h As Integer
Dim w As Integer
Dim TopBox As Integer
Dim left As Integer
Dim Level2 As Integer
' Holds an object reference to a slide.
Dim TheSlide As Slide
' Create a new slide.
Set TheSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.Add(1, ppLayoutTitleOnly)
' Switch the presentation to slide view.
With ActiveWindow
If .ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then .ViewType = ppViewSlide
End With
' Get the height and width of the slide.
With ActiveWindow.Presentation.PageSetup
h = .SlideHeight
w = .SlideWidth
End With
' Make sure height and width are valid.
If h = 0 Or w = 0 Then
' The Height and Width are invalid
MsgBox "Something is wrong!" _
& " Try restarting your computer.", vbCritical
End
End If
' Set up parameters for the add shape method.
left = ((w / 2) - (BoxWidth / 2))
TopBox = ((h / 2) - (BoxHeight))
Level2 = (TopBox + BoxHeight + space)
' Add the Organization Chart Boxes.
With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes
Set Main = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
left, _
TopBox, _
BoxWidth, _
BoxHeight)
Set MBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
left, _
Level2, _
BoxWidth, _
BoxHeight)
Set LBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
(left - space - BoxWidth), _
Level2, _
BoxWidth, _
BoxHeight)
Set RBox = .AddShape(msoShapeRectangle, _
(left + space + BoxWidth), _
Level2, _
BoxWidth, _
BoxHeight)
End With
' Use a connector to conncect the first box and third box.
With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddConnector _
(msoConnectorElbow, 0, 0, 100, 100).ConnectorFormat
.BeginConnect ConnectedShape:=LBox, ConnectionSite:=1
.EndConnect ConnectedShape:=RBox, ConnectionSite:=1
End With
' Use a connector to connect the top box to the middle box.
With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.AddConnector _
(msoConnectorElbow, 0, 0, 100, 100).ConnectorFormat
.BeginConnect ConnectedShape:=Main, ConnectionSite:=3
.EndConnect ConnectedShape:=MBox, ConnectionSite:=1
End With
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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