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Powerpoint reset presentator timer on Slide 2 (Or leaving slide 1)
I have my presentation on the first slide while the room fills. I would like the Presentation timer to reset when moving to slide 2. I can't seem to remember to either, press reset or pause/start to ...
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How to detect nested groups in PowerPoint using VSTO (C#)?
VSTO is unable to capture nested groups within PowerPoint slides. For example, consider this structure: Group1: ├── Group2: │ ├── Rectangle1 │ ├── Rectangle2 │ └── Line (connecting ...
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VBA Powerpoint SendKeys fails to take a screenshot
I have succesfully implemented this from MS Excel, but making it work from PowerPoint has not been a success. I am making use of a proprietary screenshot tool which accepts the alt+PRTSC shortcut, but ...
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Assign object to shape text that is currently selected
Powerpoint 365 VBA Set sld = Application.ActiveWindow.View.Slide Set Shp = sld.Shapes(2) If Shp.TextFrame2.HasText Then Txt = Replace(Shp.TextFrame2.TextRange.Text, " ", "+&...
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How do I hide navigation buttons for a main slide in a series of PowerPoint slides until the viewer has viewed the all of the corresponding slides?
Short Summary: On the main slide (slide20), I want the user to click through all the examples - any order - (slides 21-24). I have navigation buttons on slide 20 that I want to stay hidden until the ...
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Docling PPTX Image Extraction Issue - Missing Embedded Images from Placeholders
> ''' > import logging > import time > from pathlib import Path > from docling_core.types.doc import ImageRefMode, PictureItem, TableItem > ...
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PPT Presentations.Open changed from Version 2508 (Build 19127.20192)
I have a problem with calling PowerPoint's Presentation.Open method. It seems to me that the Untitled parameter to Presentation.Open has changed. When opening the same file twice (once with Untitled:=...
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PowerPoint VBA - Display the Icons Task Pane on macOS
As part of a customised VBA-based add-in, I've been trying to display the Icons task pane which idMSO is "IconInsertFromFile" (button type) but which doesn't work on macOS, although it runs ...
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Is there any way or method to convert pdf file in powerpoint file using core not api in Swift MacOS Cocoa?
I have tried a way but after generating pptx it is not opening may be some configuration xml are missing. This code converted pdf to pptx but that file is not open say some error "Sorry are cant ...
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Python Win32Com: How do I open a password-protected Powerpoint?
I tried to use the below code to open a password-protected ppt, but I got error: TypeError: Open() got an unexpected keyword argument 'Password' Is it possible to use Win32Com to open a password-...
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Last Save time property is not updated when PowerPoint file is saved in SharePoint online
we need to know if an opened presentation is edited by a user in PowerPoint. We try todo this by remembering the initial Last save time when the presentation is opened and compare it with the current ...
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Detecting Page Number TextBox in PowerPoint in VBA
I am trying to make a macro to update the page count of visible pages. I have a code like this: Sub SetVisiblePageNumers() Dim pageNumber As Integer Dim pp As String pageNumber = 1 ...
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Create PPT from Excel data using VBA Macros, dynamically allocating contents to each slide
I have an excel data, I want to generate a PPT with the contents in multiple slides dynamically adjusting based on the content size, rows per slides and column width. Sub ExportToPPT() Dim pptApp ...
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Thinkcell UpdateChart "Object doesn't support this property"
I'm trying to run a macro from an Excel book to automate a chart update in powerpoint. It is going to reseat the source range of a chart I have created. I am doing this to then generate the same chart ...
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Getting and setting PowerPoint indent settings
I'm trying to write two routines, one that picks up a paragraphs bullet settings including (especially indenting) but am getting nowhere picking up the settings. I tried these two variations but I ...