PowerPoint VBA Impossible Task!

[Linda V]

I need to be able to manipulate batches of PPT files (using PowerPoint 2002)
so that the opening view
on all files is the same. I have written some VBA code that does everything,
except for one thing (and I'm beginning to think that this is impossible).
Here goes:

I set up the Presentation View to Normal View, so all 3 panes are showing.
In the Outline/Slide Pane (Pane 1), I need to be able to set the
Outline/Slides tabstrip to always be set on the "Slides" tab. If anyone
knows how to manipulate this, I would appreciate the help.

Currently, however the pane is set at the time of save is how it will show
up when the presentation view is switched to "Normal" view. I have already
tried to set me PPT Open options to "Normal - Thumbnail, Notes, Slide". This
does not work when opening files programmatically.

Below is a sample of the code:

Presentations.Open filename:="C:/test.ppt", ReadOnly:=msoFalse
ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewNormal

' This is the pane that needs to be set!
ActiveWindow.Panes(1).Activate

ActiveWindow.SplitHorizontal = 15

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

Because you are using PowerPoint 2002 (a Windows version), you might get
a better response in the microsoft.public.powerpoint newsgroup. This is
the Mac-specific PowerPoint group. More VBA experts seem to hang out in
the other group.
--David

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David M. Marcovitz, Ph.D.
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.loyola.edu/education/PowerfulPowerPoint/