Hi All,

I need to make a macro in powerpoint that opens a new presentation,
chooses a blanco slide and then clicks
cancel. However when there is no presentation opened I can't use the
macro recorder.

Marco

I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do, but why can't you record a
macro with the a presentation open? I get something like this doing wheat
I think you might have in mind (I'm using PPT 2003 so it might not be
exactly the same):

Sub Macro1()
Presentations.Add WithWindow:=msoTrue
ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide Index:=ActivePresentation.Slides.Add
(Index:=1, Layout:=ppLayoutTitle).SlideIndex
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Layout = ppLayoutBlank
End Sub

Watch out for linebreaks introduced by the news system.

--David
--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

Co <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in news:1180434931.757054.317650
@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:

> Hi All,
>
> I need to make a macro in powerpoint that opens a new presentation,
> chooses a blanco slide and then clicks
> cancel. However when there is no presentation opened I can't use the
> macro recorder.
>
> Marco
>
>

On 29 mei, 16:56, "David M. Marcovitz" <marcoNOS...@loyola.edu> wrote:
> I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do, but why can't you record a
> macro with the a presentation open? I get something like this doing wheat
> I think you might have in mind (I'm using PPT 2003 so it might not be
> exactly the same):
>
> Sub Macro1()
> Presentations.Add WithWindow:=msoTrue
> ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide Index:=ActivePresentation.Slides.Add
> (Index:=1, Layout:=ppLayoutTitle).SlideIndex
> ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Layout = ppLayoutBlank
> End Sub
>
> Watch out for linebreaks introduced by the news system.
>
> --David
> --
> David M. Marcovitz
> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
> Loyola College in Maryland
> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>
> Co <vonclausow...@gmail.com> wrote in news:1180434931.757054.317650
> @p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:
>
>
>
> > Hi All,
>
> > I need to make a macro in powerpoint that opens a new presentation,
> > chooses a blanco slide and then clicks
> > cancel. However when there is no presentation opened I can't use the
> > macro recorder.
>
> > Marco- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>
> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -

That's the whole point. I want to do this with no presentation opened,
just the ppt window.
I have the code under a floating button ad I want it to open a new
presentation.

Marco

Co <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in
news:(E-Mail Removed):

> On 29 mei, 16:56, "David M. Marcovitz" <marcoNOS...@loyola.edu> wrote:
>> I'm not quite sure what you are trying to do, but why can't you
>> record a macro with the a presentation open? I get something like
>> this doing wheat I think you might have in mind (I'm using PPT 2003
>> so it might not be exactly the same):
>>
>> Sub Macro1()
>> Presentations.Add WithWindow:=msoTrue
>> ActiveWindow.View.GotoSlide Index:=ActivePresentation.Slides.Add
>> (Index:=1, Layout:=ppLayoutTitle).SlideIndex
>> ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Layout = ppLayoutBlank
>> End Sub
>>
>> Watch out for linebreaks introduced by the news system.
>>
>> --David
>> --
>> David M. Marcovitz
>> Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
>> Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
>> Loyola College in Maryland
>> Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for
>> Educators_http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/
>>
>> Co <vonclausow...@gmail.com> wrote in news:1180434931.757054.317650
>> @p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com:
>>
>>
>>
>> > Hi All,
>>
>> > I need to make a macro in powerpoint that opens a new presentation,
>> > chooses a blanco slide and then clicks
>> > cancel. However when there is no presentation opened I can't use
>> > the macro recorder.
>>
>> > Marco- Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht niet weergeven -
>>
>> - Tekst uit oorspronkelijk bericht weergeven -
>
> That's the whole point. I want to do this with no presentation opened,
> just the ppt window.
> I have the code under a floating button ad I want it to open a new
> presentation.
>
> Marco
>
>

Yes, but recording with a presentation open will help you get the code
you need. Then, if you want to run it without any presentation open, you
will need to incoroporate it into an add-in. See some information about
creating an addin here:

Create an ADD-IN with TOOLBARS that run macros
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00031.htm

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/