Article ID: 163566
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 Q163566
SUMMARY
This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that groups together all shapes on the current slide, excluding placeholders.
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
Sub GroupObjects()
' Dimension the variables.
Dim shapeObject As shape
Dim lSlideNumber As Long
Dim strPrompt, strTitle As String
Dim ShapeList() As String
Dim count As Long
' Initialize the counter.
count = 0
' Make sure PowerPoint is in slide view.
If ActiveWindow.ViewType <> ppViewSlide Then
' Set up the error message.
strPrompt = "You must be in slide view to run this macro." _
& " Change to slide view and run the macro again."
strTitle = "Not In Slide View"
' Display the error message.
MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle
' Stop the macro.
End
End If
' Get the current slide number.
lSlideNumber = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber
' Loop through the shapes on the slide.
For Each shapeObject In _
ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes
' See whether shape is a placeholder.
If shapeObject.Type <> msoPlaceholder Then
' Increment count if the shape is not a placeholder.
count = count + 1
' Get the name of the shape and store it in the ShapeList
' array.
ReDim Preserve ShapeList(1 To count)
ShapeList(count) = shapeObject.Name
End If
Next shapeObject
' If more than 1 object (excluding a placeholder object) is found,
' group the objects.
If count > 1 Then
With ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNumber).Shapes
' Group the shapes together.
.Range(ShapeList()).Group.Select
End With
Else
Select Case count
' One shape found.
Case 1
' Set up the message.
strPrompt = "Only one shape found." _
& " You need at least two shapes to group."
strTitle = "One Shape Available"
' Zero shapes found.
Case 0
' Set up the message.
strPrompt = "No shapes found. You need to have at " _
& "least two shapes, excluding placeholders."
strTitle = "No Shapes Available"
' An error occurred.
Case Else
' Set up the message.
strPrompt = "The macro found an error it could not correct."
strTitle = "Error"
End Select
' Display the message.
MsgBox strPrompt, vbExclamation, strTitle
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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