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KingsKid43 - 16 Nov 2006 19:12 GMT

I have a Precission M70 by Dell With MS Office 2003 Pro installed (by Dell)
Running XP pro sp 1 & 2. 2gig vm.
My question is: I see a lot of answers to problems solved with Visual
Basic. I followed one thread that said you had to buy VB.net. Do I need to
order this? I do want to learn how to make Macros and try to run some of the
code I have seen in here. I am just beyond the stage where my daughter has
to turn on the computer for me! Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you

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Austin Myers - 16 Nov 2006 19:20 GMT

Nope, open PowerPoint and press Alt F-11. That opens the VBA (visual basic
for applications) interface. You're ready to rock and roll.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

Provider of PFCMedia, PFCPro, PFCExpress
http://www.pfcmedia.com

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David M. Marcovitz - 16 Nov 2006 19:26 GMT

No, you don't have to buy anything. Most of what is discussed here refers
to VBA (Visual Basic for Applications). This is a form of Visual Basic
that is built into PowerPoint. You can check out the Programming
PowerPoint section of the PowerPoint FAQ to get started with this:

http://www.pptfaq.com/#name_PROGRAMMING_POWERPOINT

With that said, if you are really JUST beyond the stage where your
daughter had to turn on the computer for you, this might be a little bit
beyond you. Regual PowerPoint stuff is fine for that stage, but VBA seems
to me to require you to be a little more advanced than that with your
computer skills.

--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/

> I have a Precission M70 by Dell With MS Office 2003 Pro installed (by
> Dell) Running XP pro sp 1 & 2. 2gig vm.
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> where my daughter has to turn on the computer for me! Any help would
> be appreciated. Thank you

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Steve Rindsberg - 16 Nov 2006 20:26 GMT

> I have a Precission M70 by Dell With MS Office 2003 Pro installed (by Dell)
> Running XP pro sp 1 & 2. 2gig vm.
> My question is: I see a lot of answers to problems solved with Visual
> Basic. I followed one thread that said you had to buy VB.net. Do I need to
> order this? I do want to learn how to make Macros and try to run some of the
> code I have seen in here.

Nothing to buy!

PowerPoint includes VBA and an editor you can use to create and test VBA code.

Start here:

How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint?
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00033.htm

And here:
a mini-site I put together for a talk I did at PPTLive:
http://www.steverindsberg.com/pptlive/

Then look through some of the other info here:

PROGRAMMING POWERPOINT
http://www.pptfaq.com/index.html#name_PROGRAMMING_POWERPOINT

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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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KingsKid43 - 16 Nov 2006 22:20 GMT

Thank you all for the fast reply. Looks like I have some reading to do!
Also glad I dont have to spend any money:)

> > I have a Precission M70 by Dell With MS Office 2003 Pro installed (by Dell)
> > Running XP pro sp 1 & 2. 2gig vm.
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> PPTools: www.pptools.com
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