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How to interrupt live Clock loop for next slide transition?

This is my first time ever programming something and I have managed to create a macro for a live clock on a Powerpoint (2016) presentation. The macro works perfectly, activating on my designated named slide only. However, I cannot find a way to…
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VBA in PowerPoint : Plus Value from TextBox (ActiveXControl)

As so see, I wanna add the number from the UP1 textbox (The one shown "10")(ActiveXControl so it can be edited while presenting) to the S1 Textbox (Shown "10") Here is my code: Slide1.Shapes("S1").TextFrame.TextRange =…
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PowerPoint - Create Countdown Timer - VBA

I am working on a project where we want to have a countdown timer that is displayed on a slide for while students are completing a project. I have found multiple examples online, however when trying to adapt them for our purpose, I cannot get the…
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How to fetch Powerpoint Slide from another .ppt File?

I have 10 powerpoints containing information about System A. Now i want to create new Powerpoint which fetches data at run time from those 10 powerpoint files mention about SYstem A. Also suppose if i do changes in any of 10 powerpoints, those shall…
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Pasting a linked chart from Excel into Powerpoint using a relative spreadsheet

Each month I have to update a set of Powerpoint slides with the most recent data. Each slide has a chart. The data lives in an Excel file as do the charts. There are two business requirements: I need to paste the chart as linked so that other users…
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How to set the Start Option for Audio in Powerpoint using VBA

Using Powerpoint 2016 with Windows 10, I have selected an audio object. The Audio tools appear and under Playback tab and under Audio Options, I wish to set the Start option using VBA, as highlighted in yellow. I can set the other options such as…
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Correct Sequence of Colors Game using VBA in PowerPoint

I'm in the process of making a PowerPoint Escape Room for an organization I'm in. In order to incorporate more interesting and complex puzzles, I've tried to get my feet wet in VBA in order to bring such puzzles to life. One of these is this…
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How do I make a PowerPoint Charts automatically update?

I have a presentation that I want to loop continuously in presentation mode and automatically update the charts in the presentation. I have found that you can do this with links but as soon as you close either the .ppt or the .xls the links no…
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Conveniently randomize image via button from folder/slide?

I often spend hours bringing pictures into PowerPoint templates one by one and trying to customize the way a presentation whose behavior is very different. If there were a way to randomly select an image from all of the images on a different slide…
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Save the state of the animations in the presentation

is it possible to save the final state of a click animation? You open the presentation, click on a button, something animates and this state can then be saved. The next time the presentation is opened, you can see the last state of the animations. I…
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PowerPoint VBA: Calculating Active Users/ Is Presentation Open Function That Allows Multiple Users

I was wondering if someone could help me with a PowerPoint VBA issue that I have encountered. I have a system of two PowerPoint presentations that I have linked dynamically and interactively using VBA, and which open using an external VBS script in…
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How to offset a background image in MS PowerPoint with VBA?

I need to offset the background image in MS PowerPoint using VBA. I am able to add the background image but not sure how to offset it. Hence, need a little help here: Here's my VBA code to add a background image: With ActivePresentation.Slides(1) …
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How to change a specific textbox in a powerpoint slide master

I have a powerpoint that uses different Master layouts on the slide Master. Every time we do an update, a specific textbox on a specifc Master slides needs to be updated. I would like to do so with a macro. IE I have a slide master with a Generic…
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"create new theme font" in powerpoint slide master using vba

in powerpoint's slide master view, there is a "customize fonts" option which opens a window called "create new theme fonts". using that, one can set default heading/body fonts for latin/complex scripts. what is the equivalent vba code for…
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Can't delete hyperlinks with VBA in PPT2016 (MAC OS)

I have found many example scripts which should work e.g. Sub DeleteLinks() Dim oSl As Slide Dim x As Long For Each oSl In ActivePresentation.Slides For x = oSl.Hyperlinks.Count To 1 Step -1 oSl.Hyperlinks(x).Delete …
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