Defining bullet and numbering in powerpoint?

[szydvs]

Hello again

I need to set up a client's powerpoint presentation templates as part
of a rebranding project.

I have already set up the Word side with toolbars (for styles and some
macros) and a custom toolbar in a Word addin loaded at startup. The
corporate styles are stored in the various templates, but accessible
from the addin toolbar. Users can import standard text into their
current documnt, such as disclaimer text, from the custom menu stored
in the addin.

I am tryin to imitate this in Powerpoint and Excel, and not sure the
best way to proceed.

Is it feasible to do the same thing in Powerpoint? Store the menu and
toolbars and associated macros in the addin - and people can click the
buttons from their current presentation to apply formatting corporate
colours, fonts etc?

I have been reading up on TextStyles - Is this best method for defining
standard corporate bullets and numbering in Powerpoint, generate the
definitions via VBA?

We also have a problem copying bullets/numbered paragraphs from Word to
VBA and the indents etc are reset (whether we use paste special as
picture, or just plain paste - but I'm hoping that if I define bullets
and numbering in the target presentation first this problem will
minimise??

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

regards
Suzy

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I need to set up a client's powerpoint presentation templates as part

of a rebranding project.

I have already set up the Word side with toolbars (for styles and some
macros) and a custom toolbar in a Word addin loaded at startup. The
corporate styles are stored in the various templates, but accessible
from the addin toolbar. Users can import standard text into their
current documnt, such as disclaimer text, from the custom menu stored
in the addin.

I am tryin to imitate this in Powerpoint and Excel, and not sure the
best way to proceed.

Is it feasible to do the same thing in Powerpoint? Store the menu and
toolbars and associated macros in the addin - and people can click the
buttons from their current presentation to apply formatting corporate
colours, fonts etc?

Minor nit: You don't actually store menus and toolbars in an addin; the addin
creates them when it loads.

But yes, it's certainly feasible to do this sort of thing via an addin. In
fact, it's probably the only practical/reliable way to do it.

I have been reading up on TextStyles - Is this best method for defining
standard corporate bullets and numbering in Powerpoint, generate the
definitions via VBA?

It would depend on what you need to do; if you need to affect all slides in the
presentation at once, then TextStyles should be a simple/direct way to access
the text placeolders on the slide master. But it might be as simple to modify
the masters and save as a template that you can apply as needed.

If you need to work with text on individual slides, then TextStyles won't be of
any use, I don't think, as it'd affect all slides based on the master, not just
individual slides.

 

[szydvs]

Thanks for the advice Steve, I don't think I'll use TextStyles.

You've got me curious about addins - might be time I raced out and
purchased Powerpoint for Dummies to get a deeper understanding. It's
obviously a different country in powerpoint land.

Just been looking at your site - very helpful for a newbie like myself.

Many thanks
Suzy

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Thanks for the advice Steve, I don't think I'll use TextStyles.

You've got me curious about addins - might be time I raced out and
purchased Powerpoint for Dummies to get a deeper understanding. It's
obviously a different country in powerpoint land.

It is, but there aren't many books out there that cover programming addins.
Here, the VBA section of the PPT FAQ and the other pages it links to are
probably your best bets.

David's book is the only one I know of. There's a link to it from here:

Where can I learn more about VBA programming in PowerPoint?
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00032.htm