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How to create an addin for PowerPoint

I want to create an addin for PowerPoint that adds a button to the PowerPoint toolbar. How can I do this? ...

Reading PowerPoint Animation Effects with VBA

I have been working with PowerPoint VBA, and have a grasp on most things. What I am struggling with is reading the effect/animation settings for each object. I seem to be able to get a lot of what I need through the Powerpoint.ActivePresentation.Slides(slide_id).TimeLine.MainSequence(seq_num) What confuses me is how to convert the num...

PowerPoint record slide show function accessible through Interop with C#

I am currently trying to write an addin for PowerPoint that whenever any PowerPoint document is opened and then run in show mode that the feature to record narration audio and slide timings is automatically activated. However I cannot seem to find that option in the PowerPoint interop object The manual in application way to use this fe...

How to get/set paragraph before/after spacing of list items in PowerPoint with VSTO

I'm working on a PowerPoint VSTO addin and am needing to get at the margins between List Items. In the PowerPoint interface, you can adjust this value by right clicking the individual paragraph and selecting paragraph and then adjusting the Before or After value in the Spacing section (for PowerPoint 2007). This is the same place that ...

Connecting PowerPoint and Excel

How do I connect PowerPoint and Excel such that each slide in the PowerPoint slideshow shows the next Excel cell in the cell in column A of Excel? ...

Is there an Open XML parser for C++?

Hello, I want to scan a PowerPoint 2007 file, but I'm trying to do it with C++. Is there any Open XML parser for C++? ...

Problem with using APACHE-POI to convert PPT to Image

Hi all, I got a problem when I try to use Apache POI project to convert my PPT to Images.My code as follows: FileInputStream is = new FileInputStream("test.ppt"); SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow(is); is.close(); Dimension pgsize = ppt.getPageSize(); Slide[] slide = ppt.getSlides(); for (int i = 0; i < slide.length; i++) { Buffered...

How do you "ungroup" an image in PowerPoint using VBA

I have a PowerPoint file with a slide with an image (wmf/emp file) in it and I want to "ungroup" the image elements in it using VBA. I need to ask PowerPoint twice to do it - but then it does. Can it be done using VBA? and if so, how? ...

How to read data from database into powerpoint slides?

Hi, I want to know how to read data from database (ANY KIND) and present it via power point slides show? Thanks, ...

How to create a PowerPoint timer?

I have to complete a timer in PowerPoint, it counts down for a specificed amount of time when a shape on particular slide is clicked. I heard macros could be a way to do this, but I have very little knowledge about them. With my research I was able to add a macro and pop out a message box when a shape is clicked. How can I implement a ...

How to copy image of a chart from Silverlight application to clipboard?

I have a Silverlight 3.0 applications with some custom graphics and some charts. I need to find the best way to transfer these graphics to a PowerPoint presentation. I've read that Silverlight 4.0 offers a Clipboard API, but there is only support for Unicode-text, not images. Is there a way to achieve this task without forcing users t...

How can I find the current edit slide in PowerPoint?

I'm writing an add-in for PowerPoint, and want to get the text from the current slide in the editing window. The following works, but only when the slide is selected in the slide selector pane. xSelection := PowerPointApp.ActiveWindow.Selection; if xSelection.Type = ppSelectionSlides then begin xSlide := xSelection.SlideRange.Item(1);...

Problems getting PowerPoint Combobox to list items correctly

I am creating a PowerPoint in which I want users to be able to select an item from a list in a combo box. Nothing needs to happen after this, it is just to provide a record, on screen, of their choice. My problem is that I seem to either be able to populate the combo box and users can select an item but the list gets longer each time th...

maintaining the state of powerpoint presentation embedded inside a word doc.

I have a 200 slide powerpoint presentation. I have a word document where I am writing some stuff. Now I have to embed the presentation in the word doc. I can use the "add object" feature to embed the presentation. But the concern is, I want to show different slides on different word doc pages. I can split the ppt into many little ppts a...

Embedding HSSF(excel) into HSLF(ppt) using apache poi

I want to embed the excel sheet into presentation(PPT) using apache poi. how can we do this? If anyones knows, please help me. ...

How to change PowerPoint chart data with .NET?

I have a PowerPoint template that contains one slide and on that slide is a chart. I'd like to be able to manipulate that chart's data using .NET. So far I have code that... unzips the Powerpoint file. unzips the embedded excel file (ppt\embeddings\Microsoft_Office_Excel_Worksheet1.xlsx) It successfully manipulates the data in the e...

Easy creation/updating of Office Open XML Charts (PowerPoint preferred)

Does anybody know Office-independent .NET components supporting creation/updating full-fledged office open xml charts from different types of documents (PowerPoint preferred) in a couple of lines of code. An example from MSDN How to: Insert a Chart into a Spreadsheet Document does it in a difficult way (as far as I can understand I nee...

How to export image from Air app directly into a powerpoint slide programmatically

Apologies if this has been answered before or if it's too obvious - pointers are greatly appreciated if this is the case. What I'm trying to do: 1) have a way to save / copy screenshot from an Air app 2) automatically paste such screenshot into a new powerpoint slide in the current presentation I have part 1 down but have no idea on ho...

Creating nested bullet list in PowerPoint 2007

We're trying to create a PowerPoint slide programmaticaly. We can obtain bullets on a single level, but playing with tabs and line returns doesn't work for nested enumerations. For now we get: text 1     subtext1     subtext2 text 2 And what we want is : text 1 subtext1 subtext2 text 2 Is there a way to control these using C# ...

How should I embed/include Enterprise Architect UML diagrams in MS PowerPoint 2007?

Setup I am using Sparx Systems Enterprise Architect Professional edition 7.5: http://www.sparxsystems.com.au/ and MS PowerPoint. Problem I have various audiences for presentations requiring display in MS PowerPoint -- ranging from managers to developers, whose depth of technical knowledge and requirements for knowledge varies. Questi...