Powerpoint VBA Forum

[Andibevan]

I was wondering - why do all of the other core MS Office applications get
there own MS Usenet forum relating to programming within each application,
whereas Powerpoint does not.

I realise that programming in Powerpoint is not as common as the other
applications, but none-the-less I would have imagined that there would be
enough people interested to get it going?

Any thoughts....

 

[Austin Myers]

It's been offered several times (a seperate forum) but as the numbers are
small pretty much everyone in this forum wanted to keep it here so everyone
could share the information and participate, even if they don't do much with
VBA.

Austin Myers
MS PowerPoint MVP Team

PowerPoint Video and PowerPoint Sound Solutions www.pfcmedia.com

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

I was wondering - why do all of the other core MS Office applications get
there own MS Usenet forum relating to programming within each application,
whereas Powerpoint does not.

I realise that programming in Powerpoint is not as common as the other
applications, but none-the-less I would have imagined that there would be
enough people interested to get it going?

Any thoughts....

In addition to what Austin's said, the amount of traffic in this one PPT
newsgroup is relatively small compared to Word and Excel so there didn't seem
to be any need to fragment it.

And so many questions have multiple answers, some involving VBA, some not, that
it seemed better to keep it all in one place.

 

[Andibevan]

Seems like a sensible argument to me. Obviously the counter argument is
that by seperating the vba from powerpoint it is easier to direct questions
to a specific audience I generally have VBA specific questions (any pointers
on any Powerpoint VBA sites you could recommend? - A starter for 10 would be
great)

Just in case it doesn't come across right - I do agree with you both that it
is more sensible to keep them together...

King Regards

Andi

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I would start with the Programming PowerPoint section of the PPT FAQ:

http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/#PROGRAMMING_POWERPOINT

It probably points to all the other good sites.

--David

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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.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/

 

[Mike M.]

And Shyam's page:
http://skp.mvps.org/vba.htm

Chirag:
http://officeone.mvps.org/

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Seems like a sensible argument to me. Obviously the counter argument is
that by seperating the vba from powerpoint it is easier to direct questions
to a specific audience I generally have VBA specific questions (any pointers
on any Powerpoint VBA sites you could recommend? - A starter for 10 would be
great)

If the traffic were heavy enough, I'd have to agree with you. As it is, most
of the MVPs and I suspect a lot of the regulars skim all the headers (oh ...
right ... do use a newsreader and not the <spit!>web interface if at all
possible). Some skip anything that smells even faintly of code, others make a
beeline for it. Somehow it all works out.

And I see David and Mike have supplied links already. If you happen upon any
other good PPT/VBA-specific sites in your travels, let us know here. I'll make
sure it gets added to that page on the FAQ.

Just in case it doesn't come across right - I do agree with you both that it
is more sensible to keep them together...

No problem, it came across as a reasonable suggestion.