Q161485: PPT: Sample Code to Find Slides that Don’t Follow Slide Master

Article: Q161485
Product(s): Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
Version(s): MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
- Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
- Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
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SUMMARY
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This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro
(Sub procedure) that checks a presentation to see if any slides have backgrounds
different from the Slide and/or Title Masters. If the macro finds a slide that
has a different background, it displays the slide number in a message box at the
end of the macro.

MORE INFORMATION
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Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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     Sub FollowMaster()

        ' Declare the variables.
        Dim OmitSlides() As String, Message As String
        Dim Index As Long, Count As Long, NumSlides As Long
        Dim CurrentSlide as Slide
        Dim Flag As Boolean

        ' Used to control the loop.
        Dim j As Long

        ' Initialize the index and flag.
        Index = -1
        Flag = False

        ' Get the number of slides.
        NumSlides = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count

        ' Loop through the slides.
        For j = 1 To NumSlides
           Set CurrentSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides(j)

           ' Check to see whether slide is different from master.
           If CurrentSlide.DisplayMasterShapes = msoFalse Or _
              CurrentSlide.FollowMasterBackground = msoFalse Then
              ' Add the slide number to an array.
              Index = Index + 1
              ReDim Preserve OmitSlides(Index)
              OmitSlides(Index) = j

              ' Set the flag to True if one slide is not following the
              ' master.
              If Flag = False Then
                 Flag = True
              End If
           End If

        Next j

        ' Display the results.
        If Flag = False Then
           MsgBox "All slides are following the master.", vbInformation
        Else

           ' Start building message for the message box.
           If Index < 1 Then
              Message = "The following slide is NOT following the Master:" _
                 & Chr(13)
           Else
              Message = "The following " & Index + 1 & " slides are NOT " _
                 & "following the Master:" & Chr(13)
           End If

           ' Loop until slides finished.
           For j = 0 To Index
              Message = Message & Chr(13) & Chr(9) & "Slide #" & _
                 OmitSlides(j)
           Next j

           ' Display the completed message box.
           MsgBox Message, vbInformation
        End If

     End Sub

REFERENCES
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For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro"
(without the quotation marks) click Search, and then click to view "Create a
macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to run a macro" (without
the quotation marks) click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the
Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see
the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: 97 8.00 kbmacro ppt8 vba vbe template differ omit background color colour macppt mac_ppt ppt98 98 powerpt

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Keywords          : kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbPowerPtSearch kbZNotKeyword6 kbPowerPt97 kbPowerPt97Search kbPowerPt98Search kbPowerPt98 kbVBASearch kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : MAC x86
Issue type        : kbhowto

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