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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008Macros possibly
I want to set up a macros that will automatically print a file when the presentation reaches a certain point. I assumed I would be able to do this using a macros but it doesn't seem to work. I have used macros before in excel but never in ppt, and then only simple ones using the record facilitiy. When you say "print a file" do you mean the current PPT file or something else?  SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > I want to set up a macros that will automatically print a file when the > presentation reaches a certain point. I assumed I would be able to do this > using a macros but it doesn't seem to work. I have used macros before in > excel but never in ppt, and then only simple ones using the record facilitiy. Not as easy as you would think. *Something* must fire the printing from within PowerPoint. In order to do that you need a trappable event, say the "NextSlide" Event. The problem is PPT doesn't monitor its events natively so you must write your own event handler to call on your printing code. In other words, its not a simple macro. Sorry... Austin Myers MS PowerPoint MVP Team Provider of PFCPro, PFCMedia and PFCExpress www.playsforcertain.com >I want to set up a macros that will automatically print a file when the > presentation reaches a certain point. I assumed I would be able to do this > using a macros but it doesn't seem to work. I have used macros before in > excel but never in ppt, and then only simple ones using the record > facilitiy. > I want to set up a macros that will automatically print a file when the > presentation reaches a certain point. I assumed I would be able to do this > using a macros but it doesn't seem to work. It may be possible to do this. How does the presentation run when a user's viewing it? Do they click buttons to advance from one slide to the next or does it auto-run? If buttons, then a button could trigger a printout and then advance to the next slide. You'd put this on the slide BEFORE the one you want to be on when the printout occurs, if it matters. Will you distribute this to other people? If so, you can't be sure it'll work. Their macro security settings might prevent your macros from running, or if they use the Viewer instead of PPT, your macros won't work at all. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ PowerPoint does seem to monitor the next slide event via Sub OnSlideShowPageChange Do this End Sub It does seem a little tempremental but once it's been called once it seems to fire on every slide change Worth a try but bear in mind Steve's comments on user security levels SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > > I want to set up a macros that will automatically print a file when the > > presentation reaches a certain point. I assumed I would be able to do this [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================
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