File name on slide show

[Pedro]

Hi everyone
I'm doing a slide show in my MS PPoint 2002 and i would
like it to show me the name of the file i'm viewing. How
can i do it, instead of writing it all as text on my
picture?
Tks in advance
Pedro

 

[Tom Lavedas]

I don't know if this is exacly what you want, but ...

I built a userform, Userform1 and put a label on it, Label1. I set the label to be Autosizing and with Wordwrap off. Then I created this little macro ...

Sub showFileName()
UserForm1.Show vbModeless
UserForm1.Label1.Caption = ActivePresentation.FullName
'Application.ActivePresentation.BuiltInDocumentProperties.Item("Title")
End Sub

Then I placed an Information action button on the Master Slide (SlideShow menu item) so that the button would be on every slide, except the title.

Thus the show's filename (actually the fully qualified pathspec to the file) was shown on the presented form. If you only want the 'Title' of the file, replace everything on the right of the equal sign with the formulation on the following comment line above.

By making the userform Modeless, it can remain as the presentation proceeds, though you need to use the mouse to reselect the presentation to be able to do this.

Like I said, this may not be what you had in mind, but it was as close as I could come.

Tom Lavedas
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[Guest]

Hi Tom and tks a lot for replying.
I think that might work, but could you explain me like i
was 10 years old?
Tks in advance
Pedro

-----Original Message-----
I don't know if this is exacly what you want, but ...

I built a userform, Userform1 and put a label on it,

Label1. I set the label to be Autosizing and with
Wordwrap off. Then I created this little macro ...

Sub showFileName()
UserForm1.Show vbModeless
UserForm1.Label1.Caption = ActivePresentation.FullName
'Application.ActivePresentation.BuiltInDocumentPropertie s.Item("Title")
End Sub

Then I placed an Information action button on the Master

Slide (SlideShow menu item) so that the button would be on
every slide, except the title.

Thus the show's filename (actually the fully qualified

pathspec to the file) was shown on the presented form. If
you only want the 'Title' of the file, replace everything
on the right of the equal sign with the formulation on the
following comment line above.

By making the userform Modeless, it can remain as the

presentation proceeds, though you need to use the mouse to
reselect the presentation to be able to do this.