Dynamic Slides

[Bill Butcher]

Can I programmically insert standardized shapes or groups
or shapes from other slides that are in my presentation?
The idea would be to insert these shapes when users click
or move their mouse over certain shapes on a slide. If
this can't be done, then I have to add all of the shapes
to one slide an manage them using the visibility
property. This will work but it makes maintenance
difficult.

Thanks in advance for any ideas that you can offer.

Bill Butcher

 

[Steve Rindsberg]

Without really understanding what you're after, I think you could do this
with VBA, yes.

In round numbers:

ActivePresentation.Slides("HiddenSlideWithShapes").Shapes("YinYangSymbol").C
opy
ActivePresentation.Slides(This_Slide).Shapes.Paste
ActivePresentation.Windows(1).View.GoToSlide(This_Slide)

This assumes that the slide with the original shapes on it is named as
above, and that there's a shape named YinYangSymbol on it. Substitute
whatever makes sense to you, of course, or just use slide and shape numbers
if you prefer.

This_Slide would be a Long that you'd set to the SlideIndex of the current
slide.

More on that here:
The SlideIndex of the current slide
http://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00271.htm

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