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jinx - 23 May 2007 15:24 GMT

Hi,

Does anyone know how to code a custom slideshow in VB ? I only need selected
slides - they may not be continuous. eg slides 1-3 then 5, then 8-10

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Sarah - 23 May 2007 15:36 GMT

You can right click on the slide that you don't want to show and click hide
slide. That should take care of that for you. After the show you can go
back in and unhide the slide.

Sarah

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to code a custom slideshow in VB ? I only need selected
> slides - they may not be continuous. eg slides 1-3 then 5, then 8-10

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Rick Altman - 23 May 2007 15:40 GMT

Why would you need to do it in VB? It is probably I who needs enlightenment
here, but humor me and the throngs of others here who do not even dabble in
VB. With the Custom Show function supporting exactly what you ask for -- the
ability to show selected, non-contiguous slides -- why must you retreat to a
programming language to make this happen. Thanks...

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Steve Rindsberg - 11 Jun 2007 04:53 GMT

> Why would you need to do it in VB? It is probably I who needs enlightenment
> here, but humor me and the throngs of others here who do not even dabble in
> VB. With the Custom Show function supporting exactly what you ask for -- the
> ability to show selected, non-contiguous slides -- why must you retreat to a
> programming language to make this happen. Thanks...

If you've been tasked with doing the job in code, it's not a retreat. It's
called "getting the job done". ;-)

This might be part of an addin that does most of the work, asking the users
only to select the slides they want to include in the custom show (ie, in
sorter) then press a button.

Or it might be a case of the programmer needing to automatically create and
display a custom show based on a set of criteria that may not be obvious to us
or the user, something that'd be fairly simple to do in code, very difficult to
do manually. Or impossible.

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jinx - 11 Jun 2007 15:12 GMT

Steve, your right... I have a lerge spreadsheet that is used by several
business owners. At any one presentation they need to be able to select the
slides they require. this is done via a userform. the problem is that if you
rerun the presentation without closing it - it starts on the last slide that
was shown.. rather than the setup slide.

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Steve Rindsberg - 11 Jun 2007 04:53 GMT

> Hi,
>
> Does anyone know how to code a custom slideshow in VB ? I only need selected
> slides - they may not be continuous. eg slides 1-3 then 5, then 8-10

Good question ... I've just posted some example code here:

Create a custom show from current slide selection using VBA
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00869.htm

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jinx - 11 Jun 2007 15:13 GMT

thanks for the example code, looks good.

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