VB Question

[egun]

I have created a PowerPoint template that has certain shapes, tables, etc,
that I modify based on data in an Excel workbook. My macro reads the data
from Excel, and updates information in a table, changes the color of some
shapes, and updates a chart.

I refer to the PowerPoint objects by names I have assigned them (such as
"StatusTable1"). The problem I am having is that when I update certain parts
of the PowerPoint table, PowerPoint changes the name of the table from
"StatusTable1" back to something like "Group 454", so I lose track of the
name of the object. The ID is also changed. Why does PowerPoint change the
name of the object? Is there a work around, something that references the
object that doesn't change?

Thanks,

Eric

 

[Chirag]

PowerPoint assigns new names when new shapes are created. Are you seeing
that PowerPoint is changing the names for existing shapes, when you don't
create the new shapes?

- Chirag

PowerShow - View multiple PowerPoint slide shows simultaneously
http://officeone.mvps.org/powershow/powershow.html

 

[egun]

Thanks to both of you for answering. Yes, it changes the name of the
existing object - the table. Steve, I will try your suggestion. It is a
small table, so I may just use a bunch of individual text boxes instead.