How to remove part of textbox text in VBA powerpoint? - vba

Question

I have a powerpoint presentation with subtitles in white and yellow text in 1 textbox per slide (white is up, yellow follows). I would like to replace white text with a white dot ("."). Do I need to make a variable and make it count white characters and delete from front?
This is my script so far:
Sub RemoveWhiteText()
Dim oSl As Slide
Dim oSh As Shape
With ActivePresentation
For Each oSl In .Slides
For Each oSh In oSl.Shapes
With oSh
If .HasTextFrame Then
If .TextFrame.HasText Then
If TextRange.Font.Color = vbWhite Then
oSh.TextFrame.Text
End If
End If
End If
End With
Next
Next
End With
End Sub

Answer 1

Please, read my comment to the question. I suggested there to loop through the collection of chars till the color of font is white.
Try this:
Sub RemoveWhiteText()
Dim oSl As Slide, oSh As Shape, oTr As TextRange, i As Long
For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oSh In oSl.Shapes
If oSh.HasTextFrame Then
If oSh.TextFrame.HasText Then
Set oTr = oSh.TextFrame.TextRange
i = 1
Do While oTr.Characters(1, i).Font.Color = vbWhite
i = i + 1
Loop
'MsgBox oTr.Characters(1, i - 1).Text
If i > 1 Then oTr.Characters(1, i - 1).Text = "."
Set oTr = Nothing
End If
End If
Next
Next
End Sub

Answer 2

Each text block of distinct formatting is a Run. In your case, the first run has font color white. You can use that info to run a loop as follows:
Sub StripLeadingWhiteText()
Dim sld As Slide
Dim shp As Shape
Dim rn As TextRange2
For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each shp In sld.Shapes
If shp.HasTextFrame Then
If shp.TextFrame2.HasText Then
Set rn = shp.TextFrame2.TextRange.Runs(1)
If rn.Font.Fill.ForeColor.RGB = vbWhite Then
rn.Text = "."
End If
End If
End If
Next
Next
End Sub`