Toolbars in PowerPoint 2k

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Hi,

Does anyone know (if even possible) how to make an template in PowerPoint
(something like Normal.dot - MS Word) ?

I want a toolbar with some macro's. But when I open a new template the
macro's assigned to the macros doesn't work anymore. But if I choose to "run
macro" is works just fine.

TIA

MJ
 
Hi,

Thanks. It seems to be the thing I'm looking for.

I'll give it a go..

Regards

MJ
 
Is it possible to save the toolbar (icons) in the template ? I have modified
the 3 buttons but they don't seem to get attached to the template (because
other pc's haven't got em).
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Yes and no. Assuming you've read the FAQ about creating addins and toolbars
and such, you know that toolbars aren't saved in templates but can be created
and deleted by add-ins.

That brings us to the "Yes" part of tonight's entertainment:
Maybe something with the .FaceID !?!
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Exactly so. If one of the bazillions of icons that are built into Office
itself is ok, you can set the .FaceID property of the button to the icon's
number when you create the button.

How do you know which id number goes with what icon? Shyam's glad you asked
that question:

Free add-in here:
http://www.mvps.org/skp/faceid.htm


TIA

MJ
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That's cool. But I would have prefer to have my own icons

Thanks anyway (maybe I'll use em if I can't find another solution).

MJ
 
That's cool. But I would have prefer to have my own icons
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You have to explain the whole problem if you want the answer to the whole
problem. ;-)

Instead of .FaceID, you can use .PasteFace to put whatever's on the clipboard
into the button face. You just need to work out how you're going to get the
image onto the clipboard in the first place.

Some versions of PPT will antialias the bitmap image heavily (read: blur it
badly).

Thanks anyway (maybe I'll use em if I can't find another solution).

MJ
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Sorry, I thought I did.

Anyway, I ditch the icon idea and just made a button with a text
(because I couldn't get the selfmade icon to be saved in the template
to distribute to all the pc's). After that I saved the template as a
Add-in and the make sure the PPA file got copied to the right place
(on each pc).

This is not what I first was planning to get, but it'll have to do for
now.

MJ
 
Anyway, I ditch the icon idea and just made a button with a text
(because I couldn't get the selfmade icon to be saved in the template
to distribute to all the pc's).
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Odd. There should be no problem saving any graphics you like in a template.
The problem is that when you save the template as a PPA, no slides or template
information is included in the file, so no graphics.

If you know where the template can be found, the PPA could, on loading, open the
template (w/o a window so it happens invisibly), grab the icon graphic and
copy/paste it into the button face.

Sounds ugly but it'd be quite quick (and if you don't recreate the toolbar/buttons
on each startup, would only have to be done the first time the addin loads, not on
subsequent PPT startups)
After that I saved the template as a
Add-in and the make sure the PPA file got copied to the right place
(on each pc).

This is not what I first was planning to get, but it'll have to do for
now.

MJ
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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
================================================
Featured Presenter, PowerPoint Live 2004
October 10-13, San Diego, CA www.PowerPointLive.com
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Thankz... I'll try it...

Odd. There should be no problem saving any graphics you like in a template.
The problem is that when you save the template as a PPA, no slides or template
information is included in the file, so no graphics.

If you know where the template can be found, the PPA could, on loading, open the
template (w/o a window so it happens invisibly), grab the icon graphic and
copy/paste it into the button face.

Sounds ugly but it'd be quite quick (and if you don't recreate the toolbar/buttons
on each startup, would only have to be done the first time the addin loads, not on
subsequent PPT startups)
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