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MS Office Forum / General PowerPoint Questions / March 2008AutoEvents.ppa in a POT
I am using Shyam Pillai's AutoEvents Add-in in Powerpoint 2003. I want all my presentations to be uniform so I want to save a template with the AutoEvent functionality. So I save it as a default.pot in the appropriate location. When I open Powerpoint or press the New button I get the correct template but the events don't fire until after I have saved it once as a *.ppt. Why is that? Thanks, owp^3 Templates in PowerPoint are not handled the same as templates in other Office apps. The PPA (add-in) works with PPT files, not POT files which is why I think you are seeing this behavior.  SignatureBill Dilworth A proud member of the Microsoft PPT MVP Team Users helping fellow users. http://billdilworth.mvps.org -_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_ vestprog2@ Please read the PowerPoint FAQ pages. yahoo. They answer most of our questions. com www.pptfaq.com . >I am using Shyam Pillai's AutoEvents Add-in in Powerpoint 2003. > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > Thanks, > owp^3 If the presentation is instantiated as a PPT and then Saved As a POT the add-in works until the presentation is closed. The add-in doesn't work when creating new presentation since the initial instantiation is from a POT, but saving it as a PPT re-instantiates it allowing add-ins to work. Hmmm, I'll have to think about that. It's not a big deal I just have to remember to save new presentations immediately in order to have the functionality available to me as I draft. Thanks, owp^3 > Templates in PowerPoint are not handled the same as templates in other > Office apps. The PPA (add-in) works with PPT files, not POT files which is [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Thanks, > > owp^3 When you apply a pot file to a new or existing presenation it doesn't apply the macro module therefore I'm surprized it works at all. Are you using New > from existing presentation? This will work but you could just use the existing ppt file there's no need to use a pot file. SignatureAmazing PPT Hints, Tips and Tutorials http://www.PPTAlchemy.co.uk http://www.technologytrish.co.uk email john AT technologytrish.co.uk > If the presentation is instantiated as a PPT and then Saved As a POT the > add-in works until the presentation is closed. [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > Thanks, > > > owp^3 > When you apply a pot file to a new or existing presenation it doesn't apply > the macro module therefore I'm surprized it works at all. When you start a new presentation from a POT, you get the design AND the content (slides, VBA) but when you apply a POT, you only get the design. Near as I can tell, in the former case, PPT opens the POT as a presentation then saves a new copy of it. Are you using New > > from existing presentation? This will work but you could just use the > existing ppt file there's no need to use a pot file. ----------------------------------------- Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com PPTools: www.pptools.com ================================================
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