VBA or Add-ins

[VBA or add-ins]

Thanks for your response re: printouts not matching
slideshow.

(1) What do you mean by VBA or add-in?

(2) How difficult or time consuming is it to have each
phase of the animation in a flowchart print on a separate
page?

(3) How do you tell what version of PowerPoint a slideshow
was created with?

Thanks.

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
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| (1) What do you mean by VBA or add-in?
|
By VBA I mean that you would have to create (program) your own solution by
using VBA (included with PowerPoint) or some other programming language to
automate PowerPoint. By add-in I mean purchasing or acquiring an already
programmed solution provided by 3rd parties (not from Microsoft) designed
to address this particular limitation.

| (2) How difficult or time consuming is it to have each
| phase of the animation in a flowchart print on a separate
| page?
|
If you pursue creating (programming) your own solution, It depends on your
programming skills, knowledge of PowerPoint's object model (the interfaces
by which PowerPoint can be controlled programmatically), etc.

| (3) How do you tell what version of PowerPoint a slideshow
| was created with?
|
There is no way to tell which version of PowerPoint a slide show was
created in if it was created in PowerPoint 97, 2000, 2002 or 2003 and saved
as a PowerPoint Presentation (*.ppt) file type since they all have the same
file format. However, if I understood your problem, it's not the version of
PowerPoint in which it was created that is an issue but, instead, the
version of PowerPoint that is being used to display the slide show. For
example, if you are using PowerPoint 2002 or 2003 to display the slide show
(regardless of what version of PowerPoint was used to author the
presentation) you will not have the option to print "Slides (with
animations)". However, if you are using PowerPoint 97 or 2000 to display
the slide show you WILL have the print option (even if the presentations
were created in some other version of PowerPoint).

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

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support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
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[Thanks John]

Last question to you. Thank you.

Is it difficult or time-consuming for a PowerPoint
developer (someone who makes PowerPoint presentations as
part of his job) to make the printout match the slideshow
with each phase of animation in a flowchart? Thanks.

 

[Sonia]

See the free add-in at http://www.mvps.org/skp/cshow.htm

 

[John Langhans [MSFT]]

[CRITICAL UPDATE - Anyone using Office 2003 should install the critical
update as soon as possible. From PowerPoint, choose "Help -> Check for
Updates".]

|
| Is it difficult or time-consuming for a PowerPoint
| developer (someone who makes PowerPoint presentations as
| part of his job) to make the printout match the slideshow
| with each phase of animation in a flowchart? Thanks.
|

If they are using PowerPoint 97 or 2000 to print and view the presentation
and they are printing slides (not handouts or notes) then it is not
difficult at all. Basically, if they choose "Slides (with animations)",
PowerPoint will print a slide for each slide without animations and, for
slides with animations print a page for how it looks after each mouse click
animation is completed. It's important to have everything animated by mouse
click (not automatically) to get the desired printed results. So, if you
want a flowchart shape and connecting line to appear simultaneously when
shown they should be grouped (Draw -> Group) and that group set to animate
on mouse click so that when printing "Slides (with animations) a separate
page is printed showing the state of the slide after the grouped shape and
connecting line are animated.

John Langhans
Microsoft Corporation
Supportability Program Manager
Microsoft Office PowerPoint for Windows
Microsoft Office Picture Manager for Windows

For FAQ's, highlights and top issues, visit the Microsoft PowerPoint
support center at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=ppt
Search the Microsoft Knowledge Base at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=kbhowto

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
Use of any included script samples are subject to the terms specified at
http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyright.htm