PowerPoint 2007 - Overriding the Slide Pane

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When programming PowerPoint 2007, is there a way to override the slide pane -
using vsto, the application model or otherwise?
 
Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?

The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.
 
If you have the Custom Animations Task Pane open, there is a Play button at the bottom which I think will do what you need as far as previewing goes. As far as Addins go the user would also have to have them installed on their machine.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?

The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.
 
Thanks for the reply.

That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the
custom animations task pane provides you with though.
If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so?
 
AFAIK, you can't do that.

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Michael Koerner
MS MVP - PowerPoint


Thanks for the reply.

That preview button only previews animations made up from the tools that the
custom animations task pane provides you with though.
If I want to enrich the graphics on offer is there any way I can do so?
 
Seeing as no-one has answered, let me be more specific.
I want to write an add-in for powerpoint that gives the user a host of
features that aren't supported by PowerPoint at the moment. I would like for
the user to be able to preview the visual look of a feature before running
the presentation.

Is there anyway to programmatically control what is displayed in the slide
pain (i.e. the pain where the current slide is being previewed/displayed when
not in slide show mode/presentation mode)?
Click to expand...

I don't believe so. I've never seen another add-in that does this either.

Oh and it's "pane" (though at times they are a pain). Spelling it right will help
get Google and its kin pointed in the right direction more often.
The ways of interacting with PowerPoint that I am aware of is to use
vsto/vba to write an add-in or to interact with the object model.
Click to expand...

I don't use VSTO, but with it you can create new panes of your own, or so I
understand it. That might be a more promising line of research.
 
Thanks guys.
I was afraid that was going to be the answer.
A custom task pane was something I already considered but even when using
them I think I'd still need to be able to override the appearance of the
slide pane.
 
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