On undo ShapeRange.Textframe generates COM Exception Problem faced in Powerpoint 2007 1) I have a Shape in my current slide with some paragraphs 2) Creates a newShape as Duplicate of my Orginal Shape (newShape=orgShape.Duplicate) and Set the top, left of newShape as orgShape with some manipulation to the newShape's paragraphs. 3) Deletes the orgShape newShape... 9 Apr 2010 07:48
Date calculations I have a pre-given date and want to know the resulting date after adding a certain number of days in pre-given date. Mathematically it is like: pre-given date + days = resulting date Pregiven date is in one cell of a table on presentation and days and resultings date are in their own cells each. Tha... 9 Apr 2010 11:10
Arrays have me confused I'm trying to use a userform to collect a list of words (i.e., 20) to later diplay in a shape or textbox (as flash cards) in my presentation.. What's the best way to collect and store my list? I know I could do something like word1 = userform1.textbox1.text, word2 = userform1.textbox2.text and so on but I tho... 12 Apr 2010 15:55
Retaining Links in .pptx from .xlsx files Before upgrading to Office 2007, each month I would update data in various Excel files (.xls format). The excel charts were originally linked to powerpoint slides (.ppt format) and upon opening the powerpoint file, i would simply update the links and the powerpoint file was ready for use. Since upgrading to O... 8 Apr 2010 21:57
master slide #'s When I print slides they all come out with page numbers on the left (and it shows in the print preview). The slide #'s are not in the footer or general options, or in the page layout. When I checked the master slide, I see 2 slides, and on the first, when I go into the Master Layout, the Slide Number is unc... 9 Apr 2010 05:38
ActiveX issue in PowerPoint 2003 I used More Tools/"Microsoft Forms 2.0 Frame" to add a scrollbar to one slide's image. This works fine, but now every time I open the saved file I get the following message: "This application is about to initialize ActiveX controls that might be unsafe. If you trust the source of this document, select Yes ..."... 8 Apr 2010 14:03
Linking excel charts to a powerpoint file I have a two part question regarding pulling linked charts into PowerPoint: 1 - I need to pull several linked charts from an excel file into a PowerPoint file. How do I tell ppt which charts to put where? I need 2 per page and there are about 50. 2. When I attempted to pull in my first chart only a portio... 8 Apr 2010 17:28
Pie Charts and percentages Hi. I have a pie chart, and I can't seem to find the settings to get the labels for the slices OUTSIDE the pie but the percentages INSIDE the pie. It seems like it should be something real simple, but I've messed with it for a while. Second question, is if I can't post a link, can anyone help me with another ... 8 Apr 2010 11:06
Powerpoint and Windows 7 - AVI I have a problem with Windows 7 and all versions of Powerpoint. I have various AVI files that are embedded in PPT. The talks play fine in all other OS (Vista, XP, etc) except for Windows 7. I've tried this in all versions of Powerpoint (97, 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010 beta). When the AVI's are loaded, they go to b... 8 Apr 2010 00:44
returning from your hyperlink to your powerpoint presentation Hi All, quick question, how do you return to you powerpoint presentation from your hyperlink. is there a button you can make for presentation purposes? ... 8 Apr 2010 09:30 |