I am trying to code an automatic agenda/table of contents generator in VBA for PowerPoint, which generates agenda bullet points based on the titles of the sections inside the PowerPoint presentation. Since I also want the agenda to appear at the beginning of every section, I am struggling with the fact that the method
.AddSlide(Index (I am inserting the ID of a section´s first slide here), pCustomLayout )
adds the slide(s) just before the section (so actually at the end of the previous section) because it's just based on an ID and does not say "insert the slide at a section's beginning".
Is there an easy solution (without deleting and recreating the section for instance) to achieve that the slides are created just at the beginning of a section and not at the end of the previous section?
Solution
Sub moveSlidesToSectionStart(pSectionIndex, pFirst, pLast)
Dim objPresentation As Presentation
Set objPresentation = Application.ActivePresentation
totalSlides = pLast - pFirst + 1
Dim arr()
ReDim arr(totalSlides - 1)
For i = 0 To totalSlides - 1 'fill array with all slides (slide numbers) that need to be moved
arr(i) = pFirst + i
Next i
objPresentation.Slides.Range(arr).MoveToSectionStart(pSectionIndex)
End Sub
You could use the MoveToSectionStart method available on the slide. Pass in the section index as the argument and it will place the slide right at the start of that section.
Function MoveSlideToSectionStart(Sld As Slide, SectionIndex As Long) As Boolean
If Sld.Parent.SectionProperties.Count < SectionIndex Then
MoveToSection = False
Exit Function
End If
Call Sld.MoveToSectionStart(SectionIndex)
MoveToSection = True
End Function
Sub Test()
Debug.Print MoveToSection(ActivePresentation.Slides(6), 1)
End Sub
Related
I have created a script processing many slides and at the end, some slides seem to have glitches in their layout. For example, slide numbers have moved on some slides but not on others. It can be fixed manually by re-assigned the custom layout to the slide.
How can I do this automatically?
I could just loop over all slides, find out it's custom layout and re-assign it. But how? This code seems to loop infinitely:
Dim sld As Slide
Dim layoutName As String
Dim layoutIndex As Integer
Set sld = Application.ActiveWindow.View.Slide
layoutName = sld.CustomLayout.Name
layoutIndex = getLayoutIndexByName(layoutName)
ActivePresentation.Slides(y).CustomLayout = ActivePresentation.Designs(y).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(layoutIndex)
Function getLayoutIndexByName(xName As String) As Integer
ActivePresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts.Item (1)
With ActivePresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts
For i = 1 To .Count
Debug.Print ("inLoop Name: " + .Item(i).Name)
If .Item(i).Name = xName Then
getLayoutIndexByName = i
Exit Function
End If
Next
End With
End Function
To simply reapply the layout already assigned, you only need this:
ActivePresentation.Slides(y).CustomLayout = ActivePresentation.Slides(y).CustomLayout
Occasionally, that command doesn't work, then this workaround is worth a try:
DoEvents
Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("SlideReset")
DoEvents
To apply a new layout, then you need to use something like this code, which is pretty similar to yours:
ActivePresentation.Slides(y).CustomLayout = ActivePresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(GetLayoutIndexFromName("Text Page", ActivePresentation.Designs(1)))
My version of GetLayoutIndexFromName:
Function GetLayoutIndexFromName(sLayoutName As String, oDes As Design) As Long
Dim x As Long
For x = 1 To oDes.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts.Count
If oDes.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(x).Name = sLayoutName Then
GetLayoutIndexFromName = x
Exit Function
End If
Next
End Function
I have a presentation to split into several smaller ones depending on the text in the header.
I've managed to find and compile a code that finds the last slide that has the text), then it selects several previous slides, copies them to a new presentation, saves it, and repeats that for the next value.
This would be fine if number of slides with every text was the same (and all the slides with the same text were in the same order), but it's not always the case in my presentation. I need to modify the function.
Basically, it should return not just a slide, but a slide range, and it should be resized with every loop where if function is true. I know how to get all the slide indexes as a string, but I don't know how to use that string to select those slides.
Function FindSlideByTitle(sTextToFind As String) As slide
For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.slides
With oSl.Shapes.Title.TextFrame
If .HasText Then
If InStr(1, .TextRange.Text, sTextToFind, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
Set FindSlideByTitle = oSl
End If
End If
End With
Next
I don't see an advantage to creating a slide range in this instance. A function for this isn't going to work, since it can only return one slide at a time, as you've discovered.
Instead, create a Sub using your loop, then replace
Set FindSlideByTitle = oSl
with a routine to add the found slide to an array:
Option Base 1
Dim FoundSlide() As Integer
Dim oSl As Slide
Sub FindSlideByTitle()
ReDim Preserve FoundSlide(1)
For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.Slides
With oSl.Shapes.Title.TextFrame
If .HasText Then
If InStr(1, .TextRange.Text, "Ham", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
Count% = UBound(FoundSlide)
ReDim Preserve FoundSlide(Count% + 1)
FoundSlide(Count% + 1) = oSl.SlideNumber
End If
End If
End With
Next
End Sub
Then process that subset of slides one at a time:
Sub DoSomethingWithSlide()
For X = 1 To UBound(FoundSlide)
With ActivePresentation.Slides(FoundSlide(X))
'Process each slide here
End With
Next X
End Sub
Anyway, this is what I came up with in the end, and it (almost) seems to be working.
Dim sSlides() As String
sSlides() = Split(FindSlide(sCountry), ";|;")
Dim n As Long
Dim iSlides() As Integer
ReDim iSlides(LBound(sSlides) To UBound(sSlides))
For n = LBound(sSlides) To UBound(sSlides)
iSlides(n) = CInt(sSlides(n))
Next n
Dim rCountrySlides As SlideRange
Set rCountrySlides = ActivePresentation.slides.range(iSlides)
rCountrySlides.Select
I am trying to number only the slides within a specific section. To do this, I need to generate numbering for each slide. Let first be the slide number of the first slide in that section. Then, the formula for the number of each slide in the section is:
Number = Current slide number - first + 1
I currently have code which gives me the current slide number (the Text is within a shape, no need to worry about that).
.Text = "Add. Info" & vbNewLine & _
ActiveWindow.View.Slide.SlideIndex
The section that I'm looking for is named AddInfo.
How do I get the slide number of the first slide in that section?
To get the first slide of a specific section, you may use the following function:
' Returns the index of the first slide under the section `sectionName`.
' Returns -1 if the section is not found or doesn't have any slides.
Public Function GetFirstSlideNumber(ByVal sectionName As String) As Long
With ActivePresentation.SectionProperties
Dim i As Long
For i = 1 To .Count
If .Name(i) = sectionName Then
GetFirstSlideNumber = .firstSlide(i)
Exit Function
End If
Next
End With
' Section not found.
GetFirstSlideNumber = -1
End Function
Usage:
Debug.Print GetFirstSlideNumber("AddInfo")
I have built - over the years - a vba macro that is supposed to update all fields in a word document.
I invoke this macro before releasing the document for review to ensure all headers and footers etc are correct.
Currently - it look like this:
Sub UpdateAllFields()
'
' UpdateAllFields Macro
'
'
Dim doc As Document ' Pointer to Active Document
Dim wnd As Window ' Pointer to Document's Window
Dim lngMain As Long ' Main Pane Type Holder
Dim lngSplit As Long ' Split Type Holder
Dim lngActPane As Long ' ActivePane Number
Dim rngStory As Range ' Range Objwct for Looping through Stories
Dim TOC As TableOfContents ' Table of Contents Object
Dim TOA As TableOfAuthorities 'Table of Authorities Object
Dim TOF As TableOfFigures 'Table of Figures Object
Dim shp As Shape
' Set Objects
Set doc = ActiveDocument
Set wnd = doc.ActiveWindow
' get Active Pane Number
lngActPane = wnd.ActivePane.Index
' Hold View Type of Main pane
lngMain = wnd.Panes(1).View.Type
' Hold SplitSpecial
lngSplit = wnd.View.SplitSpecial
' Get Rid of any split
wnd.View.SplitSpecial = wdPaneNone
' Set View to Normal
wnd.View.Type = wdNormalView
' Loop through each story in doc to update
For Each rngStory In doc.StoryRanges
If rngStory.StoryType = wdCommentsStory Then
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsNone
' Update fields
rngStory.Fields.Update
Application.DisplayAlerts = wdAlertsAll
Else
' Update fields
rngStory.Fields.Update
If rngStory.StoryType <> wdMainTextStory Then
While Not (rngStory.NextStoryRange Is Nothing)
Set rngStory = rngStory.NextStoryRange
rngStory.Fields.Update
Wend
End If
End If
Next
For Each shp In doc.Shapes
If shp.Type <> msoPicture Then
With shp.TextFrame
If .HasText Then
shp.TextFrame.TextRange.Fields.Update
End If
End With
End If
Next
' Loop through TOC and update
For Each TOC In doc.TablesOfContents
TOC.Update
Next
' Loop through TOA and update
For Each TOA In doc.TablesOfAuthorities
TOA.Update
Next
' Loop through TOF and update
For Each TOF In doc.TablesOfFigures
TOF.Update
Next
' Header and footer too.
UpdateHeader
UpdateFooter
' Return Split to original state
wnd.View.SplitSpecial = lngSplit
' Return main pane to original state
wnd.Panes(1).View.Type = lngMain
' Active proper pane
wnd.Panes(lngActPane).Activate
' Close and release all pointers
Set wnd = Nothing
Set doc = Nothing
End Sub
Sub UpdateFooter()
Dim i As Integer
'exit if no document is open
If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Get page count
i = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(14)
If i >= 1 Then 'Update fields in Footer
For Each footer In ActiveDocument.Sections(ActiveDocument.Sections.Count).Footers()
footer.Range.Fields.Update
Next
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
'Update only the fields in your footer like:
Sub UpdateHeader()
Dim i As Integer
'exit if no document is open
If Documents.Count = 0 Then Exit Sub
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
'Get page count
i = ActiveDocument.BuiltInDocumentProperties(14)
If i >= 1 Then 'Update fields in Header
For Each header In ActiveDocument.Sections(ActiveDocument.Sections.Count).Headers()
header.Range.Fields.Update
Next
End If
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
I have noticed recently that it sometimes misses some sections of the document. Today it missed First page footer -section 2- (the document version was not updated).
I have built this macro over a number of years and several bouts of research but I am not proud of it so please suggest a complete replacement if there is now a clean way of doing it. I am using Word 2007.
To test, create a word document and add a custom field named Version and give it a value. Then use that field {DOCPROPERTY Version \* MERGEFORMAT } in as many places as you can. Headers, Footers, first-page, subsequent page etc. etc. Remember to make a multi-section document with different header/footers. Then change the property and invoke the macro. It currently does quite a good job, handling TOCs and TOAs an TOFs etc, it just seems to skip footers (sometimes) in a multi-section document for example.
Edit
The challenging document that seems to cause the most problems is structured like this:
It has 3 sections.
Section 1 is for the title page and TOC so the first page of that section has no header/footer but does use the Version property on it. Subsequent pages have page numbering in roman numerals for the TOC.
Section 2 is for the body of the document and has headers and footers.
Section 3 is for the copyright blurb and this has a very strange header and a cut-down footer.
All footers contain the Version custom document property.
My code above seems to work in all cases except sometimes it misses first page footer of sections 2 and 3.
For years, the standard I've used for updating all fields (with the exception of TOC, etc. which are handled separately) in a document is the one the Word MVPs use and recommend, which I'll copy here. It comes from Greg Maxey's site: http://gregmaxey.mvps.org/word_tip_pages/word_fields.html. One thing it does that I don't see in your version is update any fields in Shapes (text boxes) in the header/footer.
Public Sub UpdateAllFields()
Dim rngStory As Word.Range
Dim lngJunk As Long
Dim oShp As Shape
lngJunk = ActiveDocument.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.StoryType
For Each rngStory In ActiveDocument.StoryRanges
'Iterate through all linked stories
Do
On Error Resume Next
rngStory.Fields.Update
Select Case rngStory.StoryType
Case 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11
If rngStory.ShapeRange.Count > 0 Then
For Each oShp In rngStory.ShapeRange
If oShp.TextFrame.HasText Then
oShp.TextFrame.TextRange.Fields.Update
End If
Next
End If
Case Else
'Do Nothing
End Select
On Error GoTo 0
'Get next linked story (if any)
Set rngStory = rngStory.NextStoryRange
Loop Until rngStory Is Nothing
Next
End Sub
Some research and experimentation produced the following addition which seems to solve the additional problem of updating the headers/footers in a multi-section document.
Add the following dimensions to the earlier answer:
dim sctn as Word.Section
dim hdft as Word.HeaderFooter
And then, add to the earlier code
for each sctn in doc.Sections
for each hdft in sctn.Headers
hdft.Range.Fields.Update
next
for each hdft in sctn.Footers
hdft.Range.Fields.Update
next
next
However - I am still not happy with this code and would very much like to replace it with something less hacky.
Thanks for these answers! I found the answers very good and learned some stuff about ms-word macros. I thought I'd make my own answer for consideration (and adding some more search engine keywords - my searches didn't bring me here immediately).
I took inspiration from the citations in the footnotes.
I had an issue where MS Word fields were not updating in Textbox (Shapes).
I was working on a 70 page word document (Word 2013) that contained a lot of figures/images/captions and cross-references. A common practice is for an image to be captioned e.g. Figure 7, so it can be easily cross-referenced. Often the caption is inside a textbox (shape) and grouped with/to the object its captioning.
So after some document editing and content reorganisation, the fields and cross-references can easily get out of logical sequence.
OK - no problem... pressing CTRL+A then F9 to update the document fields should solve this?
Unfortunately that didn't work as expected to update fields in textboxes (shapes).
In this scenario where fields exist inside textboxes (shapes) CTRL+A then F9 only updated the fields not inside a textbox (shape).
One can assume this behaviour is because field updating (F9) works on selected text, and with the CTRL+A then F9 approach only text outside of the textboxes (shapes) is selected, so the field update only applies outside of textboxes (shapes).
I'm surprised there is not a button on the ribbon to perform an "update all fields". There could even be a toggle option to prompt the user to update all fields when closing a document?
I checked Word's (2013) ribbon command list, and didn't find an Update All command.
Solution UpdateAllFields()
Like the code shared by #Cindy here, the following code should update fields wherever they are in the doc, header, footer, main doc, textbox, grouped and nested grouped textbox.
Create a macro with the following code, and then add to the Quick Access Toolbar (QAT)
Press ALT+F8 to open the Macros dialogue.
Enter a name for the Macro: UpdateAllFields
Press Create button
Paste the code:
Sub UpdateAllFields()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument
.Fields.Update
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Finally add the Macro to the Quick Access Toolbar.
Citations and inspirations:
The Q&A's in this post!
There is a related post on the Microsoft Community here: Word 365 Fields not updating in Textbox [serious reproducible error]. This suggests the issue is present in at least Word 2013 and Word 365.
There is a related post on Stack Overflow here: Macro to update fields in shapes (textboxes) in footer in Microsoft Word.
Another example UpdateTextboxFields()
This was the first version of code I wrote as I was in research and solution mode. Its a recursive approach to update fields inside textboxes, even if they are inside a group, or nested group. This doesn't update fields outside shapes.
Public Sub UpdateTextboxFields()
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
With ActiveDocument
Call IterateShapesCollection(.Shapes)
.PrintPreview
.ClosePrintPreview
End With
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Private Sub IterateShapesCollection(col)
Dim shp As Shape
For Each shp In col
' https://learn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/vba/api/office.msoshapetype
' Ignore images and
If 1 = shp.Type Or 13 = shp.Type Then
GoTo NextIteration
End If
'Debug.Print ("Name: " & shp.Name & ", Type: " & shp.Type)
' if the type is a group, recurse
If 6 = shp.Type Then
Call IterateShapesCollection(shp.GroupItems)
Else
Call UpdateShapeFields(shp)
End If
NextIteration:
Next
End Sub
Private Sub UpdateShapeFields(shp)
With shp.TextFrame
If .HasText Then
.TextRange.Fields.Update
End If
End With
End Sub
Word display option: Update fields before printing
cite: Microsoft article Some fields are updated while other fields are not
The concept behind this option/approach is: all document fields are updated when you open print preview.
It looks like this option in Word (tested in 2013) updates all fields with a caveat - see below - you may need to open and close print preview twice.
File → Options → Display → Print options section → Update fields before printing
Caveat if the doc has cross-references to figures/captions
This caveat applies to the word "Update fields before printing" display option and the UpdateAllFields() macro.
IF the document contains cross-references to figures/captions (with numbers), and those figures/captions have changed sequence/place in the document...
You must update the fields twice, 1) to reflect the figures/captions update, and then 2) to update the cross-references.
For all of you, people who make ppt slides with animations like:
Showing bullet points one by one
Showing images one by one or zooming a plot
Showing a border on an active element
Internal navigation / menu / link to another slide
Transitions between slides
Is there a tool that can convert the ppt to PDF and keep each animation in a separate slide, for example?
I know you can create animated slides with LaTeX Beamer that convert nicely to PDF, I have made some of those, but I also have some ppt files that I want to convert to PDF.
This is what I have tried so far:
Slideshare, however not only it doesn't support animations, but internal navigation doesn't work, and the fonts are all messed up.
PDFcreator, the quality is quite superior in comparison, but it doesn't support the animations neither. As Slideshare, it will just put one image over the other. Also, it doesn't support transparency (for example, a text box with a semitransparent bg over an image)
LaTeX Beamer, already mentioned, but I would prefer to avoid typing these ppts content and animations into LaTeX just so that the animations are displayed correctly in PDF.
I have searched SO and didn't find a satisfactory answer to deal with animations. What do you use?
I found a small plugin that splits your powerpoint slides whenever they have animations. So if you have 3 animations on 1 slide he will generate 3 slides with each animation step by step. Then export it in PDF :-)
It worked for me on powerpoint 2010. I would recommend you do a backup file of presentation before splitting. And don't forget to uncheck the "Split on click-triggered animations".
http://www.dia.uniroma3.it/~rimondin/downloads.php
I also found this (but the first solution was free and worked so :-))
http://www.verypdf.com/wordpress/201306/how-to-create-a-pdf-from-powerpoint-with-animations-36850.html
This blog post provides a VBA macro script that will split every slide that has animations (e.g. images or bullet points that appear one by one) into multiple slides, and then you can save as PDF and voila!
Importantly, since it's a VBA script it should work both for Windows and Mac. I've only tried it on OSX (yosemite) with powerpoint 2011, and it worked pretty well. The only issue I had was that slides with animated bullet points (that appear one by one) were split into multiple slides but every slide contained all the bullet points, so I had to delete some manually. Still, for everything else it worked perfectly and it's a small price to pay compared to doing it all manually, especially image animations. Of course you may/may not encounter the same issue on Windows or other versions of PP. In any case, for OSX it's the only working solution I've found so far.
Instructions for adding VBA macros to powerpoint can be found here.
Hope it works for you too!
This blog post provides a VBA macro script that will split every slide that has animations into multiple slides, without keeping the original slides in front of the expanded slides (as is the case in this answer).
The problem that remains with this macro and the other macro, is that the content of a text block with multiple animations is always shown as a whole (e.g. if each sentence of the same text block has a separate animation, all sentences will always be shown together).
VBA Code:
Private AnimVisibilityTag As String
Sub ExpandAnimations()
AnimVisibilityTag = "AnimationExpandVisibility"
Dim pres As Presentation
Dim Slidenum As Integer
Set pres = ActivePresentation
Slidenum = 1
Do While Slidenum <= pres.Slides.Count
Dim s As Slide
Dim animationCount As Integer
Set s = pres.Slides.Item(Slidenum)
If s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count > 0 Then
Set s = pres.Slides.Item(Slidenum)
PrepareSlideForAnimationExpansion s
animationCount = expandAnimationsForSlide(pres, s)
Else
animationCount = 1
End If
Slidenum = Slidenum + animationCount
Loop
End Sub
Private Sub PrepareSlideForAnimationExpansion(s As Slide)
' Set visibility tags on all shapes
For Each oShape In s.Shapes
oShape.Tags.Add AnimVisibilityTag, "true"
Next oShape
' Find initial visibility of each shape
For animIdx = s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count To 1 Step -1
Dim seq As Effect
Set seq = s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(animIdx)
On Error GoTo UnknownEffect
For behaviourIdx = seq.Behaviors.Count To 1 Step -1
Dim behavior As AnimationBehavior
Set behavior = seq.Behaviors.Item(behaviourIdx)
If behavior.Type = msoAnimTypeSet Then
If behavior.SetEffect.Property = msoAnimVisibility Then
If behavior.SetEffect.To <> 0 Then
seq.Shape.Tags.Delete AnimVisibilityTag
seq.Shape.Tags.Add AnimVisibilityTag, "false"
Else
seq.Shape.Tags.Delete AnimVisibilityTag
seq.Shape.Tags.Add AnimVisibilityTag, "true"
End If
End If
End If
Next behaviourIdx
NextSequence:
On Error GoTo 0
Next animIdx
Exit Sub
UnknownEffect:
MsgBox ("Encountered an error while calculating object visibility: " + Err.Description)
Resume NextSequence
End Sub
Private Function expandAnimationsForSlide(pres As Presentation, s As Slide) As Integer
Dim numSlides As Integer
numSlides = 1
' Play the animation back to determine visibility
Do While True
' Stop when animation is over or we hit a click trigger
If s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count <= 0 Then Exit Do
Dim fx As Effect
Set fx = s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(1)
If fx.Timing.TriggerType = msoAnimTriggerOnPageClick Then Exit Do
' Play the animation
PlayAnimationEffect fx
fx.Delete
Loop
' Make a copy of the slide and recurse
If s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count > 0 Then
s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(1).Timing.TriggerType = msoAnimTriggerWithPrevious
Dim nextSlide As Slide
Set nextSlide = s.Duplicate.Item(1)
numSlides = 1 + expandAnimationsForSlide(pres, nextSlide)
End If
' Apply visibility
rescan = True
While rescan
rescan = False
For n = 1 To s.Shapes.Count
If s.Shapes.Item(n).Tags.Item(AnimVisibilityTag) = "false" Then
s.Shapes.Item(n).Delete
rescan = True
Exit For
End If
Next n
Wend
' Clear all tags
For Each oShape In s.Shapes
oShape.Tags.Delete AnimVisibilityTag
Next oShape
' Remove animation (since they've been expanded now)
While s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Count > 0
s.TimeLine.MainSequence.Item(1).Delete
Wend
expandAnimationsForSlide = numSlides
End Function
Private Sub assignColor(ByRef varColor As ColorFormat, valueColor As ColorFormat)
If valueColor.Type = msoColorTypeScheme Then
varColor.SchemeColor = valueColor.SchemeColor
Else
varColor.RGB = valueColor.RGB
End If
End Sub
Private Sub PlayAnimationEffect(fx As Effect)
On Error GoTo UnknownEffect
For n = 1 To fx.Behaviors.Count
Dim behavior As AnimationBehavior
Set behavior = fx.Behaviors.Item(n)
Select Case behavior.Type
Case msoAnimTypeSet
' Appear or disappear
If behavior.SetEffect.Property = msoAnimVisibility Then
If behavior.SetEffect.To <> 0 Then
fx.Shape.Tags.Delete AnimVisibilityTag
fx.Shape.Tags.Add AnimVisibilityTag, "true"
Else
fx.Shape.Tags.Delete AnimVisibilityTag
fx.Shape.Tags.Add AnimVisibilityTag, "false"
End If
Else
' Log the problem
End If
Case msoAnimTypeColor
' Change color
If fx.Shape.HasTextFrame Then
Dim range As TextRange
Set range = fx.Shape.TextFrame.TextRange
assignColor range.Paragraphs(fx.Paragraph).Font.Color, behavior.ColorEffect.To
End If
Case Else
' Log the problem
End Select
Next n
Exit Sub
UnknownEffect:
MsgBox ("Encountered an error expanding animations: " + Err.Description)
Exit Sub
End Sub
For those of you using LibreOffice or OpenOffice,
there is a plugin available on github that does this very well :
ExpandAnimations
In my experience, all of the standard appear/disappear animations are nicely split. Object movement animations also work (you get a slide with start position and one with end position of the object). I haven't had the chance to test other animation types, but that should cover about all standard needs :-)