PowerPoint 2007 - Overriding the Slide Pane

[Simon]

When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane -
using vsto, the application model or otherwise?

 

[Simon]

Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?

The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.

 

[Michael Koerner]

If you have the Custom Animations Task Pane open, there is a Play button at the bottom which I think will do what you need as far as previewing goes. As far as Addins go the user would also have to have them installed on their machine.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?

The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.

 

[Simon]

Thanks for the reply.

That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the
custom animations task pane provides you with though.
If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so?

 

[Michael Koerner]

AFAIK, you can't do that.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Thanks for the reply.

That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the
custom animations task pane provides you with though.
If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so?

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?

I don't believe so. I've never seen another add-in that does this either.

Oh and it's "pane" (though at times they are a pain). Spelling it right will help
get Google and its kin pointed in the right direction more often.

The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.

I don't use VSTO, but with it you can create new panes of your own, or so I
understand it. That might be a more promising line of research.

 

[Simon]

Thanks guys.
I was afraid that was going to be the answer.
A custom task pane was something I already considered but even when using
them I think I'd still need to be able to override the appearance of the
slide pane.