Identify duplicate slides

[1819]

Having merged all my presentations into one giant PPT file, I'd like to identify duplicate slides using VBA.

Is this possible?

Thanks.

[John Wilson]

Not really. If the slides were mainly text you might be able to work out a way to compare text but it wouldn't be very reliable.

[1819]

Thanks John. It seems the rest of the internet agrees with you. I did a Heath Robinson workaround. I converted all the slides (312) into separate JPGs with file names simply corresponding to each slide's number in the file. Then I ran them through the VisiPics duplicate image recognition program. I made a note of which slides were duplicates (90 in all) and went into the original consolidated PPT and deleted them, starting from the end in order to preserve the original slide numbering. There is probably a way to code that entire process but for now it will do for me.

[Paul_Hossler]

Having merged all my presentations into one giant PPT file, I'd like to identify duplicate slides using VBA.


Why?

I try to keep mine as segregated and as small as possible

[1819]

I delivered variations on the same core presentation to a number of different audiences, adding some new content to each version if required. As I no longer deliver that presentation, but would like to keep the information, I wanted to create for archiving a core single PPT file with all the dupes removed.

[Paul_Hossler]

I use the Custom Slide Show for things like that. It's in 2010 at least

[1819]

Thanks Paul - I did not know about that. It would have saved me some time and effort.