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Jo8379 - 23 Feb 2007 20:41 GMT

I'm wondering if there is a way to add a drop down choice to a PowerPoint
template? What we have is a template requiring a footer - there are three
choices for what goes in the footer and one needs to be selected. Is there a
way to build a drop down in the template so that when it opens it asks the
user to choose one of the three choices to go in the footer? This would go
on all slide pages of the presentation - but not on the cover page.

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Bill Dilworth - 23 Feb 2007 22:51 GMT

This could be done using VBA, if you are willing to accept all the
limitations inherent to VBA.

Do you know how to code in VBA? Are you motivated to learn how, or are you
looking to hire a coder to do this for you?

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> I'm wondering if there is a way to add a drop down choice to a PowerPoint
> template? What we have is a template requiring a footer - there are three
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Jo8379 - 26 Feb 2007 13:37 GMT

I thought this might have to be done in VBA. No, I don't know how to write
code, but could learn. I guess my biggest question is - what are the
limitations? Is this a solution that could be deployed globally? These are
templates that would be used in our locations here in the US and aborad. If
it is difficult, then I would consider paying someone to do it, but again
would need to know how much it would cost and how soon it could be done.

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> This could be done using VBA, if you are willing to accept all the
> limitations inherent to VBA.
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Steve Rindsberg - 26 Feb 2007 15:58 GMT

> I thought this might have to be done in VBA. No, I don't know how to write
> code, but could learn. I guess my biggest question is - what are the
> limitations? Is this a solution that could be deployed globally?

That would depend. Certainly the VBA could be written such that it'd work
globally, though you'd want to make certain the developer knows what
languages/locales must be supported. If all locations use English, then it's a
fairly simple matter but for other languages you'd probably want to deploy a
translated template and code.

It'd require an add-in in addition to your template. The add-in would need to
be installed on each PC; for some organizations this simply means including the
add-in in the image that's rolled out to all PCs, for others it's more
complicated. But at least in theory there's no reason why it couldn't be
globally deployed.

> These are
> templates that would be used in our locations here in the US and aborad. If
> it is difficult, then I would consider paying someone to do it, but again
> would need to know how much it would cost and how soon it could be done.

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John Wilson - 24 Feb 2007 10:11 GMT

You can read a bit about vba on the pages here, it won't help you write this
fairly complicated code but it will you some idea of the limitations. If you
want it written then maybe we could help
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> I'm wondering if there is a way to add a drop down choice to a PowerPoint
> template? What we have is a template requiring a footer - there are three
> choices for what goes in the footer and one needs to be selected. Is there a
> way to build a drop down in the template so that when it opens it asks the
> user to choose one of the three choices to go in the footer? This would go
> on all slide pages of the presentation - but not on the cover page.

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Jo8379 - 26 Feb 2007 13:46 GMT

Hello John:

Thank you for your reply. I thought it would probably be a vba code
solution. I do not write code, but would consider having code written. How
much would it cost and how quickly could something like this be done? You
and the other respondent also mention limitations in VBA - what are they?
Would this work as a global solution? We use these templates all over.

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> You can read a bit about vba on the pages here, it won't help you write this
> fairly complicated code but it will you some idea of the limitations. If you
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> > user to choose one of the three choices to go in the footer? This would go
> > on all slide pages of the presentation - but not on the cover page.

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