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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / February 2008Macros in PPT 2007
How do I make a macro available to every presentation in ppt? In my first 2007 Presentation I created a macro to print to a color copier (not the default printer) and put the macro on the QAT with a special icon. It worked for that Presentation (as it does in Word also). However, in all other presentations, it does not recognize the macro and gives an error message "Powerpoint can't run this macro because it can't open Presentation1.ppt". In PPT 2003 I used the 'customize' option to put the macro on a toolbar and it was available to all presentations. - Dave Robinson I'm sure you are mistaken. This is done in roughly the same way as it was done in 2003. Both involve creating an add-in. Here is information about creating an add-in: Create an ADD-IN with TOOLBARS that run macros http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00031.htm  SignatureDavid M. Marcovitz Microsoft PowerPoint MVP Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_ http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/ =?Utf-8?B?RGF2ZSBSb2JpbnNvbg==?= <DR@DHS.gov> wrote in news:265D0DED-D760-42C7-9101-BD38F4166537@microsoft.com: > How do I make a macro available to every presentation in ppt? > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > - > Dave Robinson > I'm sure you are mistaken. Perhaps not. From 2000 on, PPT appears to track the presentation that added buttons that invoke macros. If you click the button and PPT can find the presentation, it'll open it and load/run the macro. That could account for why this worked in earlier versions. The fact that it's looking for "Presentation1" suggests that the presentation containing the macro was never saved, so while PPT is still trying to load it, it's not there to be found. Perhaps saving it first, then assigning the macro to the QAT might work. But it wouldn't be especially reliable. Add-ins are the better way to go, as you say. > This is done in roughly the same way as it > was done in 2003. Both involve creating an add-in. Here is information > about creating an add-in: > > Create an ADD-IN with TOOLBARS that run macros > http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00031.htm ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Wow. I learn something new every day. >> I'm sure you are mistaken. > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================ > Wow. I learn something new every day. And [see Shyam's reply] so do I. > >> I'm sure you are mistaken. > > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > PPTools: www.pptools.com > > ================================================ ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Dave, In 2007, PPT does not reference the full path to the presentation when you add the macro to the QAT. Hence the issue. Create an add-in that's the best way to go. SignatureRegards, Shyam Pillai Animation Carbon: Copy/Paste/Share animation libraries. www.animationcarbon.com > How do I make a macro available to every presentation in ppt? > [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > - > Dave Robinson |
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