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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008PowerPoint 2007 - Overriding the Slide Pane
When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane - using vsto, the application model or otherwise? Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific. I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running the presentation. Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when not in slide show mode/presentation mode)? The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model. > When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane - > using vsto, the application model or otherwise? If you have the Custom Animations Task Pane open, there is a Play button at the bottom which I think will do what you need as far as previewing goes. As far as Addins go the user would also have to have them installed on their machine.  SignatureMichael Koerner MS MVP - PowerPoint Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific. I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running the presentation. Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when not in slide show mode/presentation mode)? The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model. > When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane - > using vsto, the application model or otherwise? > > Thanks for the reply. That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the custom animations task pane provides you with though. If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so? > If you have the Custom Animations Task Pane open, there is a Play button at the bottom which I think will do what you need as far as previewing goes. As far as Addins go the user would also have to have them installed on their machine. > [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > > > AFAIK, you can't do that. SignatureMichael Koerner MS MVP - PowerPoint Thanks for the reply. That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the custom animations task pane provides you with though. If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so? "Michael Koerner" wrote: > If you have the Custom Animations Task Pane open, there is a Play button at the bottom which I think will do what you need as far as previewing goes. As far as Addins go the user would also have to have them installed on their machine. > > -- > Michael Koerner > MS MVP - PowerPoint > > > "Simon" <Simon@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F44DE601-26AF-4F8C-9760-D711246B5424@microsoft.com... > Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific. > I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of > features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for > the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running > the presentation. > > Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide > pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when > not in slide show mode/presentation mode)? > > The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use > vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model. > > > > When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane - > > using vsto, the application model or otherwise? > > > > > Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific. > I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when > not in slide show mode/presentation mode)? I don't believe so. I've never seen another add-in that does this either. Oh and it's "pane" (though at times they are a pain). Spelling it right will help get Google and its kin pointed in the right direction more often. > The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use > vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model. I don't use VSTO, but with it you can create new panes of your own, or so I understand it. That might be a more promising line of research. > > When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane - > > using vsto, the application model or otherwise? ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================ Thanks guys. I was afraid that was going to be the answer. A custom task pane was something I already considered but even when using them I think I'd still need to be able to override the appearance of the slide pane. > > Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific. > > I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > PPTools: www.pptools.com > ================================================
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