Solved: powerpoint vba

[philfer]

Hi,

Does anyone know where I can find some useful resouces/tips for using VBA in Powerpoint. I have even found it difficult to find books on the subject. I get the sense it isnt used a lot!

Cheers
Phil

[Cosmo]

I haven't found many books that address VBA in powerpoint specifically; I think the only ones I have are Powerful PowerPoint for Educators:
http://www.amazon.com/Powerful-PowerPoint-Educators-Applications-Interactive/dp/1591580951/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233949253&sr=8-1

and Office VBA Macros
http://www.amazon.com/Office-VBA-Macros-You-Today/dp/1932802061/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1233949303&sr=1-1

I'm not sure I'd recommend either one too much, I bought them when I had no real experience, but I think they were a bit costly for what I got out of them. The first one is dedicated completely to PowerPoint, but it is almost $50.

A little time spent in the VB editor and just looking through the object model viewer were much more helpful to me.

I find this forum one of the better resources for learning. I check in a few others, but I come here the most for VBA.

[John Wilson]

We have some examples of code on our site which might be useful.
http://www.pptalchemy.co.uk/powerpoint_hints_and_tips_tutorials.html#vba

[Paul_Hossler]

My PP life would be MUCH easier if the macro recorder worked better (PP2007)

In Excel the recorder "usually" give me fairly good starting point

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA101181981033.aspx

Posted by Martin
Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:45 PM
"To record a PowerPoint macro, use the legacy keyboard commands Alt+T, M, R to start, (Tools - Macro - Record) and use the same keyboard combination to stop recording."

Seems like a lot of actions aren't recorded (usually the hard ones that i need help with)


Paul