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Class Presentations (PowerPoint VBA)

A collection of all the Presentation objects in Microsoft PowerPoint. Each Presentation object represents a presentation that's currently open in PowerPoint. To use a Presentations class variable it first needs to be instantiated, for example

Creates a presentation. Returns a Presentation object that represents the new presentation.

The WithWindow parameter value can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Add ( WithWindow )

WithWindow: Whether the presentation appears in a visible window.

CanCheckOut

Returns True if Microsoft PowerPoint can check out a specified presentation from a server.

To take advantage of the collaboration features built into PowerPoint, you must store presentations on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.

CanCheckOut ( FileName )

FileName: The server path and name of the presentation.

Copies a specified presentation from a server to a local computer for editing. Returns a String that represents the local path and file name of the presentation checked out.

To take advantage of the collaboration features built into Microsoft PowerPoint, presentations must be stored on a Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server.

CheckOut ( FileName )

Returns the number of objects in the specified collection.

Returns a single Presentation object from the specified Presentations collection.

Item ( Index )

Index: The name or index number of the single Presentation object in the collection to be returned.

Opens the specified presentation. Returns a Presentation object that represents the opened presentation.

With the proper file converters installed, Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 and earlier versions open files with the following MS-DOS file name extensions: .ch3, .cht, .doc, .htm, .html, .mcw, .pot, .ppa, .pps, .ppt, .pre, .rtf, .sh3, .shw, .txt, .wk1, .wk3, .wk4, .wpd, .wpf, .wps, and .xls. PowerPoint also opens files with the following file name extensions: .docm, .docx, .mhtml, .potm, .potx, .ppam, .pptm, .pptx, .ppsm, .ppsx, .thmx, .xlsm, and .xlsx. The ReadOnly parameter value can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Open ( FileName , ReadOnly , Untitled , WithWindow )

The following argument is required

FileName (String) - The name of the file to open.

Optional arguments

The following arguments are optional

ReadOnly (Office.MsoTriState) - Specifies whether the file is opened with read/write or read-only status.

Untitled (Office.MsoTriState) - Specifies whether the file has a title.

WithWindow (Office.MsoTriState) - Specifies whether the file is visible.

Opens the specified presentation and provides the option to repair the presentation file. Returns a Presentation object that represents the opened presentation.

Open2007 ( FileName , ReadOnly , Untitled , WithWindow , OpenAndRepair )

OpenAndRepair (Office.MsoTriState) - Specifies whether to repair the file before it is opened to prevent corruption.

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PowerPoint s Presentation Object

For example, to open a presentation named Proposal.ppt in the C:\My Documents folder, you would use the following statement:

Creating a New Presentation

If you need to create a new presentation, use the Presentations collection's Add method:

WithWindow is a Boolean value that determines whether or not the presentation is created in a visible window. Use True for a visible window (this is the default); use False to hide the window.

Presentation Object Properties

Here's a list of a few common properties associated with Presentation objects:

Presentation .FullName ” Returns the full pathname of the specified Presentation . The full pathname includes the presentation's path (the drive and folder in which the file resides) and the filename.

Presentation .Name ” Returns the filename of the Presentation .

Presentation .Path ” Returns the path of the Presentation file.

Presentation .Saved ” Determines whether changes have been made to the specified Presentation since it was last saved.

Presentation .SlideMaster ” Returns a Master object that represents the slide master for the specified Presentation .

Presentation .Slides ” Returns a Slides object that represents the collection of Slide objects contained in the specified Presentation .

Presentation .SlideShowSettings ” Returns a SlideShowSettings object that represents the slide show setup options for the specified Presentation .

Presentation .TitleMaster ” Returns a Master object that represents the title master for the specified Presentation .

Presentation Object Methods

A Presentation object has methods that let you save the presentation, close it, print it, and more. Here are the methods you'll use most often:

Presentation .ApplyTemplate ” Applies a design template to the specified Presentation . This method uses the following syntax:

For example, the following statement applies the Dads Tie template to the active presentation:

Presentation .Close ” Closes the specified Presentation . If the file has unsaved changes, PowerPoint will ask the user if he or she wants to save those changes.

Presentation .NewWindow ” Opens a new window for the specified Presentation .

Presentation .PrintOut ” Prints the specified Presentation using the following syntax:

Presentation .Save ” Saves the specified Presentation . If the presentation is new, use the SaveAs method instead.

Presentation .SaveAs ” Saves the specified Presentation to a different file. Here's the syntax for the SaveAs method:

The Juggling Application

Throughout this chapter, I'll put the PowerPoint objects, methods, and properties that we talk about to good use in an application that builds an entire presentation from scratch. This presentation will consist of a series of slides that provide instructions on how to juggle.

The code for the application consists of six procedures:

Main ” This procedure ties the entire application together by calling each of the other procedures in the module. CreateJugglingPresentation ” This procedure creates a new Presentation object and saves it. AddJugglingSlides ” This procedure adds the slides to the presentation and then formats them. SetUpStartPage ” This procedure adds and formats text for the presentation title page. SetUpJugglingPages ” This procedure adds and formats a title, picture, and instruction text for each of the four pages that explain how to juggle. RunJugglingSlideShow ” This procedure asks the user if he or she wants to run the slide show and then runs it if Yes is chosen .

To get started, Listing 9.1 shows the Main procedure.

Listing 9.1. This Procedure Ties Everything Together by Calling Each of the Code Listings Individually

First, the pres variable is declared as a Presentation object. Notice that this variable is defined at the top of the module, before any of the procedures. When you define a variable like this, it means that it can be used in all the procedures in the module. Then Main begins by calling the CreateJugglingPresentation procedure, shown in Listing 9.2. From there, the other procedures (discussed later in this chapter) are called, and the presentation is saved.

Listing 9.2. This Procedure Creates a New Presentation and then Saves It

A For Each...Next loop runs through each open presentation and checks the Name property. If it equals Juggling.ppt , we know the file is already open. If it's open (say, from running the application previously), the procedure closes it without saving it. The pres variable is Set and then the presentation is saved using the SaveAs method.

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Hi, I am trying to open power point using excel vba with the following code. it is not working. Can you please help Sub PPT_Open() File_name = Application.GetOpenFilename("Microsoft PowerPoint-Files (*.pptx*), *.pptx*") If File_name = "False" Then MsgBox "Stopping because you did not select a file" Exit Sub Else PowerPointApp.Presentations.Open = File_name End I  

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Is PowerPointApp a reference to an instance of the PowerPoint application you've created/set somewhere else?  

yes it has already created. but file name will be changed every time. and folder name will be changed as well. hence i want to make prompt to open file.  

Try this. Code: PowerPointApp.Presentations.Open FileName:= File_name  

Tried. it is throwing an error saying object required for this line PowerPointApp.Presentations.Open FileName:= File_name  

Where do you define " PowerPointApp"? I wrote a routine to open powerpoint and convert Excel sheets to slides. Here is how I open the base file to add to it: Code: Dim ppApp As PowerPoint.Application Dim ppPres As Presentation Dim ppSlide As Slide Dim ppContentSlide As Slide Dim template As String ' Create instance of PowerPoint Set ppApp = CreateObject("Powerpoint.Application") ' Open the template to create the new presentation template = Workbooks(masterBook).Path & "\" & "Report_Template.pptx" Set ppPres = ppApp.Presentations.Open(template, msoFalse)  

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I tried to get this error by logging in from a different device, but I couldn’t get it. Could the problem here be that GPT cannot get download permission to the browser? Have you checked your settings? Or have you tried from another browser?

I have the same problem. I do have a colleague that is not having the same issue, but she is on Windows 10 and I am on Windows 11. Wonder if that has something to do with it.

Yes, I tried to use several browsers. I also tried it from my phone - from a mobile app and a mobile browser. And it’s always the same mistake. In addition to the application, there is a different name for the error, but, in general, you can’t download anything anyway.

Probably not. I’ve seen in some discussions how people have tried different systems like macOS and got the same error.

Having the same issue and can’t seem to find any working solutions on the web

i have the same problem any solved for this ?

same problem - using Mac OSX. Previously I was successfully generating .docx but today was trying to generate PDFs and experienced this problem. Then I went back to test .docx generation and that failed with the same error as well: “Failed to get upload status…”

You can use Google Collab Notebook to run Python code to download the file to Google Drive.

Don’t forget to replace the root URL in the code (ChatGPT 4.0 will give you the root URL of “sandbox” that should be replaced).

Cheers for the suggestion @TFox69 I received an error

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I have the same issue with a custom GPT created for a team. Now won’t download any files created by the GPT, with the same “failed to get upload status” that you get. I replicated the prompts in GPT 4o and it works OK so maybe a bug in standard GPT 4 right now.

Not sure how to get developers to notice but this pretty much kills any Custom GPT where my team needs to get files from it.

I copied your code completely, replacing the link to the presentation with mine, created by ChatGPT for the sandbox, but still nothing happened - it creates a document on GoogleDrive, but there is no way to open and view it. Maybe I didn’t understand something in the code and need to add something else, so if so, then I would be glad if you wrote it.

The fact is that I myself am sitting on 4o, but there is a mistake. Apparently, in 4 standard, in 4o, it gives the same errors.

Thanks for your suggested solution! But, after I tried, i notice that downloaded file by using this way can’t be opened or processed correctly.

I have the same issue now. It was working fine otherwise.

Is there any solution?

I am having the same issue with a CSV file I want to download via 4o. I get the exact same error no matter what browser I try it on.

I am having the same issue right now. Can’t download a .docx file.

likewise, I have this issue also.

i have the same, free user might be the reason?

I am running Windows 11 Home beta and I am having the same problems you are experiencing… Could be Windows 11, but then what can I do with only 1 machine… Think going through the trouble of setting up a virtual machine running Windows 10 would help?

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Presentations.Open メソッド (PowerPoint)

指定したプレゼンテーションを開きます。 開かれたプレゼンテーションを表す Presentation オブジェクトを返します。

式 。 Open ( FileName 、 ReadOnly 、 Untitled 、 WithWindow )

式 Presentations オブジェクトを表す変数。

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適切なファイル コンバーターをインストールすると、Microsoft Office PowerPoint 2003 以前のバージョンでは、次の MS-DOS ファイル名拡張子を持つファイルが開きます: .ch3、 .cht、.doc、.htm、.html、.mcw、.pot、.ppa、.pps、.ppt、.pre、.rtf、.sh3、.shw、.txt、.wk1、.wk3、.wk4、.wpd、.wpf、.wps、.xls。 PowerPoint では、ファイル名拡張子が .docm、.docx、.mhtml、.potm、.potx、.ppam、.pptm、.pptx、.ppsm、.ppsx、.thmx、.xlsm、.xlsxのファイルも開きます。

ReadOnly パラメーターの値は、これらの MsoTriState クラスの定数のいずれかです。

Untitled パラメーターの値に使用できるのは、次に示す MsoTriState クラスの定数のいずれかです。

WithWindow パラメーターの値に使用できるのは、次に示す MsoTriState クラスの定数のいずれかです。

次の使用例は、読み取り専用でプレゼンテーションを開きます。

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