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MarkN - 04 Oct 2006 00:41 GMT

Hello,

I'm reposting this after some technical difficulties.

I have never done anything with PowerPoint VBA but am ok with Excel VBA. I
want to put together a PowerPoint quiz and have found some good examples.

My question is: when I open the VB Editor in the samples, there is a
Microsoft PowerPoint Objects folder that contains each slide object. When I
open the VB Editor for my presentation all I see is a VBA Project. How do I
get to see each slide object in the VB Editor?

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Thanks in advance and apologies for my ignorance,
MarkN

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David M. Marcovitz - 04 Oct 2006 16:20 GMT

The PowerPoint Object Model is very strange and much different from Excel
and Word. Generally, you don't work with slide objects separately. If you
put control tools on a slide, then you will see the slide object in the
VB Editor, but if deal with normal shapes, you won't. You will just refer
to your slides by name and/or number (e.g., ActivePresentation.Slides(27)
or ActivePresentation.Slides("MySlideNamedJoe") or for the current slide
ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.Slide).
--David

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David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

> Hello,
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> When I open the VB Editor for my presentation all I see is a VBA
> Project. How do I get to see each slide object in the VB Editor?

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MarkN - 05 Oct 2006 00:24 GMT

Thanks for your response David, this is exactly what I needed.

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Thanks again,
MarkN

> The PowerPoint Object Model is very strange and much different from Excel
> and Word. Generally, you don't work with slide objects separately. If you
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> > When I open the VB Editor for my presentation all I see is a VBA
> > Project. How do I get to see each slide object in the VB Editor?

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