Link PowerPoint Slides in Word

[Grip]

Hi,

We are using PowerPoint for storyboarding and Word to do the narration
and programmers notes.

Currently this is how we do it:
1. In Word doc, put a 3 column table
2. Create Multiple Powerpoint files - one for each storyboard
[StoryboardXX.ppt]
3. In first column, first row, Insert > Object > Create from File >
Link to File > [Storyboard01.ppt]
4. Repeat Step 3 for each row (actually, I just ALT+F9 and
copy/paste/edit the field codes.

What we get is one MSWord file and way too many PowerPoint files.

Instead, what I want to do for Step 3 is link to a specific slide in
one PowerPoint (eg. StoryboardAll.ppt)

Here is the field code text:

{LINK PowerPoint.Show.8 "C:\\storyboard.ppt" "" \a \f 0 \p }

Now, if I were linking to an Excel Spreadsheet, in the second set of ""
(aka PlaceReference) I could add a sheet reference. However, although
all the slides in PowerPoint are numbered, I can't seem to add a
PlaceReference to a slide.

I tried things like:
{LINK PowerPoint.Show.8 "C:\\storyboard.ppt" "2" \a \f 0 \p }
{LINK PowerPoint.Show.8 "C:\\storyboard.ppt" "slide2" \a \f 0 \p }

Is there anyway I can get this to work?

Thanks,
Colin

 

[Grip]

Hi again,

Ok, I seem to have answered my own question by looking a little
further. I have discovered that if you copy/paste the slide from the
slide sorter (using Paste Special > Paste Link in Word) you can link to
a specific slide, the link text looks like:

{LINK PowerPoint.Show.8 "C:\\storyboard.ppt" "268" \a \f 0 \p }

Now the hard questions --
1. Where does that "268" name for the slide come from?
2. Is this a stable reference (i.e. if I move the slide in the sorter,
does the slide's name change?)
-- my initial tests suggest that it is stable, I can move the slide
around and it keeps its PlaceReference name.
3. Is there an easy way to divine the PlaceReference number (e.g.
"268") in PowerPoint, so I can just copy/paste/edit field codes, rather
than going through all that extra work of Paste Special ...?
4. Is there anything else I should know before keeping on this road?

Thanks,
Colin

 

[Grip]

Hi Steve,

Thanks for the advice. I don't mean to sound dense, but I'm not sure
how to use the VB code you clipped in.

I opened a presentation, then went into the Tools>Macro>Visual Basic
Editor, then Insert>Module and copied the code in.

Then I go to Tools>Macro>Macros...>Run - but I get nothing.

What am I missing?

Tx.
Colin