I'm trying to programatically change the language of each shape in each customlayout in a PowerPoint template and I can't figure out how to do this. I've done it before, but I can't find the macro anymore so I don't really know how I did it. I've been able to select each custom layout though. But I need to loop through each textbox in each layout and select the language as well. My problem is targetting each shape. How do I do this?
This is what I've got so far:
ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlideMaster
For Each oLayout In ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts
oLayout.Select
Next
This basically loops through each layout. But I can't figure out how to select each placeholder? How do I do this?
Edit: Resolution is now:
For Each oLayout In ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts
oLayout.Select
Dim oShape As Shape
For Each oShape In oLayout.Shapes
oShape.Select
Next
Next
Loop through oLayout.Shapes, or perhaps oLayout.Shapes.Placeholders.
Thanks you two. I needed a solution to updating an embedded Excel object on the master slide.
This lead me to the perfect solution
'loops through all shapes in slidemaster
Dim oShape As Shape
For Each oShape In ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.Shapes
oShape.Select
'checks for excel object (type=7)
If oShape.Type = msoEmbeddedOLEObject Then
oShape.OLEFormat.Activate
ActiveWindow.Selection.Unselect 'deactivates shape
End If
Next
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I have a PPT presentation with some slides. In each slide I have some superposed images and some buttons (see example image).
I would like to "bring to front" an image when the corresponding button is clicked.
I have been triying with animations, but unfortunately there is no animation to run this action.
After some 'investigation' I think that the only way to achieve that is by a macro.
I have absolutely no experience in VBA programming, but after some search I found out the way to 'bring to front' an image of the active slide by doing:
Sub Bring_front()
Dim sld As Slide
Set sld = Application.ActiveWindow.View.Slide
sld.Shapes("NUCLEI").ZOrder msoBringToFront
End Sub`
Then I insert an action (to execute the macro) to the correspoding button and everything works fine!
The problem is that in my real presentation I have many images and buttons (like 10 for slide)... and I would like to create a macro with if/else statements in order to run an statement if a button is clicked.
I have also been searching how to do that but I have not been able to get it.
Is it possible to do something like that?:
Sub Bring_front()
Dim sld As Slide
Set sld = Application.ActiveWindow.View.Slide
if Greenbutton is clicked Then
sld.Shapes("GREEN_IMAGE").ZOrder msoBringToFront
elseif Redbutton is clicked Then
sld.Shapes("RED_IMAGE").ZOrder msoBringToFront
elseif Bluebutton is clicked Then
sld.Shapes("BLUE_IMAGE").ZOrder msoBringToFront
end
End Sub
Can someone help me with this, please?
Thank you in advance!
Maria
It's actually quite simple:
Add a new module in the VBA editor and paste this into it:
Sub MoveToTop(oSh As Shape)
Call oSh.ZOrder(msoBringToFront)
End Sub
Then assign this MoveToTop macro as an action setting on each of the shapes you want to be able to adjust.
That's it.
Well, almost. If you're on a Mac and find that this doesn't work, it's because some things in the Mac version of PPT are broken. In that case, try this, which should work ok in Windows versions of PPT also:
Sub MoveToTop(oSh as Shape)
Dim oSl as Slide
Dim oShTemp as Shape
' oSh.Parent returns a valid reference to the shape's host slide:
Set oSl = ActivePresentation.Slides(oSh.Parent.SlideIndex)
' and oSh.Name works:
MsgBox oSh.Name
' So we use those two bits to get a reference
' to the clicked shape like so
Set oShTemp = oSl.Shapes(oSh.Name)
Call oShTemp.ZOrder(msoBringToFront)
End Sub
I'm currently working on PowerPoint VBA and writing a code to be able to copy the first slide and paste it again in the same presentation. However, I keep getting the error "Clipboard is empty or contains data which may not be posted here" and according to Microsoft page the problem is the use of "ActivePresentation"
I'm looking for another way to refer to the slide that I have open without using ActivePresentation. Any help? Ideas?
The line of code I use ActivePresentation is below:
ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Copy
ActivePresentation.Slides.Paste(ActivePresentation.Slides.Count=1)
Don't copy, duplicate
Dim NewSlide as Slide
Set newSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Duplicate
NewSlide.MoveTo toPos:=4 'move it to become the fourth slide
Slight variant on Harassed Dad's solution. PPT barks at the Set line because Duplicate returns a SlideRange object rather than a Slide object. .Duplicate(1) returns the first slide in the range as a Slide object. This duplicates slide 2 and moves it to the first position in the presentation.
Sub CopySlide()
Dim oSl As Slide
With ActivePresentation
Set oSl = .Slides(2).Duplicate(1)
oSl.MoveTo (1)
End With
End Sub
I am looking for information to help me better understand ".TextFrame" and ".TextRange" objects in PowerPoing VBA. Can anybody help? I have reviewed the stuff on MSDN and am just continually disappointed with the documentation there.
Shapes are the basic building blocks for PPT slides, masters, layouts, notes pages; everything on them is a shape.
Some shapes (lines for example) can't contain text. Those that can contain text have a TextFrame. If a Shape.TextFrame contains text, then you can use Shape.TextFrame.TextRange to get access to (set/read) the properties of all of the text in the TextFrame. Other methods also return a .TextRange that may be some subset of the text within the .TextFrame.
Simple example:
Sub DoSomethingUseless()
Dim oSh as Shape
Dim oSl as Slide
For Each oSl in ActivePresentation.Slides
For Each oSh in oSl.Shapes
If oSh.HasTextFrame Then
If oSh.TextFrame.HasText Then
Debug.Print oSh.TextFrame.TextRange.Text
End If
End If
Next ' Shape
Next ' Slide
End Sub
I need to be able to copy shapes (chart, table, etc.) programmatically from one slide to another in PowerPoint 2007 keeping their original colors. The source and destination slides are in different presentations which have different themes.
These shapes might be complex and include a lot of colors, e.g., charts, tables, etc. The destination slide must maintain its theme, so I cannot simply copy the entire original slide colorScheme.
When copying a shape manually in PowerPoint, I get an option to "Keep Source Formatting". This copies all the original colors of the shape, converting theme colors into absolute RGB values.
What is the simplest way to do this programmatically?
You need to go to the slide and use Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso
If you don't need to return to the previously selected slide afterwards, you can skip DoEvents and the second call to Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso
It seemed like the position of the new shape was sometimes a little bit skewed after pasting, so I obtain a reference to the last shape in the Shapes collection of the second slide and copy the position of the original shape.
At least on my machine, without DoEvents, the macro would do nothing when I executed it (but it would work if I stepped through it).
Sub CopySelectedShapeToNextSlide()
Dim oShape As Shape
Dim oSlide As Slide
Dim nextSlide As Slide
Dim newShape As Shape
Set oShape = Application.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange(1)
Set oSlide = Application.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange(1)
Set nextSlide = oSlide.Parent.Slides(oSlide.SlideIndex + 1)
oShape.Copy
Application.ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide nextSlide.SlideIndex
Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso "PasteSourceFormatting"
Set newShape = nextSlide.Shapes(nextSlide.Shapes.Count)
newShape.Left = oShape.Left
newShape.Top = oShape.Top
DoEvents
Application.ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide oSlide.SlideIndex
Debug.Print newShape.Name
End Sub
I have a simple question regarding PowerPoint VBA:
Which VBA code should I use to switch between the "active sheet of paper" (I am sorry I don't know how to name it properly), in which I am doing something with the object(s), and the file (or "field", again sorry for my poor terminology) where all the slides are ?
For example, if I want to move a selected object in the "active sheet of paper" I would use this macro:
ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.IncrementLeft
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and if I want to copy the selected slide in the slides file, I would use this code:
ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy
ActiveWindow.View.Paste
But how can I connect these two pieces of script? Let's say I want to move an object in the "active sheet of paper", then copy this whole "sheet", then create its twin in the slides field, and then jump into the twin sheet of paper to do something with objects there?
Shortly, how do I switch from "paper" to "slides" and back to "paper" in VBA?
(Again, I am sorry for terrible terminology here, I hope you understand what I mean here.)
Thank you all in advance.
If you record a macro in PowerPoint and examine the code, you'll see that it uses the Selection object for just about everything. That's sometimes useful (because it means it's more likely that the code will do what you want if you select another object), but for anything more than a very short macro, it's probably better to refer to the objects directly, as in the following code:
Sub Test()
' Get the active presentation
Dim oPresentation As Presentation
Set oPresentation = ActivePresentation
' Get the first slide in the presentation
Dim oSlide As Slide
Set oSlide = oPresentation.Slides(1)
' Get the first shape on the slide
Dim oShape As Shape
Set oShape = oSlide.Shapes(1)
' Nudge the shape to the right
oShape.Left = oShape.Left + 1
' Copy the whole slide
oSlide.Copy
' Paste the slide as a new slide at position 2
Dim oNewSlides As SlideRange
Set oNewSlides = oPresentation.Slides.Paste(2)
' Get a reference to the slide we pasted
Dim oNewSlide As Slide
Set oNewSlide = oNewSlides(1)
' Get the first shape on the NEW slide
Dim oNewShape As Shape
Set oNewShape = oNewSlide.Shapes(1)
' Nudge the shape to the right
oNewShape.Left = oNewShape.Left + 1
End Sub
Note that pretty much every object has a Select method, so if you do want to explicitly select something, you can. In some cases, you may need to change the active window's view type first - so for example, you can't select a shape on a slide while in slide-sorter view.