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Is there a way to autonumber when you open up visio or ppt? I need a number to count on the slide in ppt and in a shape in visio. I have tried insert excel that has a macro that will do what I want it to do but I can't get it to work when you open up visio/ppt. All I want is a number count to display when I open up the document.

pnuts
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You can do this in PowerPoint:

  1. Insert > Header/Footer...
  2. Check the Slide Numbers box.
Paul Rosania
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  • but will it do it auto when opening up ppt? – user688011 May 13 '11 at 20:38
  • Are you referring to adding numbers to an unnumbered presentation? The only way to do that would be with a VBA macro. – Paul Rosania May 13 '11 at 20:39
  • ok.. any thoughts on how to do that. I have written them in Word and Excel. Was able to do that because I had a place to insert them. Not so much in Visio and ppt. I can create that macro but it's adding the trigger on where the number should go, that's my real problem – user688011 May 17 '11 at 15:01
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PowerPoint doesn't have any mechanism for running code automatically in response to a user opening a document file. You pretty much need to write an add-in that traps and responds to events like users opening a file, and the add-in must be installed on each user's PC where you expect this to work.

Steve Rindsberg
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For Visio, this this MSDN Article: Visio: How to Use Background Pages to Set Up Automatic Page Numbering may be of assistance.

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