Article ID: 222721 - Last Review: October 11, 2006 - Revision: 2.2

PPT2000: Paste Special Not Available in PowerPoint Object Model

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SUMMARY

The Paste Special command is not available within the Microsoft PowerPoint object model. To emulate a Paste Special command, use an object model, such as the Microsoft Word object model, that supports the Paste Special command. This article provides a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that uses the Microsoft Word object model to emulate the Paste Special command in PowerPoint.

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MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. NOTE: The following macro examples work only in PowerPoint. Visual Basic for Applications macros are not supported by the Microsoft PowerPoint Viewer. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: Before you create the macro, add a reference to the object models for Word and PowerPoint. To do this, follow these steps:

Start the Visual Basic Editor. On the Tools menu, point to Macros, and then click Visual Basic Editor.
On the Tools menu, click References.
In the References - VBAProject dialog box, click to select the following two options from the Available References list: Microsoft PowerPoint 0.0 Object Library Microsoft Word 9.0 Object Library
Click OK.

NOTE: This VB code requires that Word and PowerPoint are running.

Create the following macro:

Sub PowerPointPasteSpecial()


   On Error Resume Next
   Err.Clear

   Dim MyDoc As Word.Document
   Dim lSlideNum As Long

   'Copies the current selection in PowerPoint to the clipboard.
   'If nothing is selected a run-time error will occur.
   PowerPoint.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy
   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

      MsgBox "Nothing is selected or not in a valid view.", _
         vbExclamation, "Invalid Selection"
      End

   End If

   'Get the current slide number.
   lSlideNum = ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideNumber

   'Creates a new document in Word.
   Set MyDoc = Word.Documents.Add()
   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

      MsgBox "Word is not running or available. Start Word and " _
         & "run the macro again.", vbExclamation, "Word Not Running"
      End

   End If

   'Pastes the information on the Clipboard into the Word document as
   'an Enhanced Metafile. If the information on the Clipboard is text
   'you receive a run-time error. Text does not support pasting as
   'a metafile.
   Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.PasteSpecial _

      DataType:=wdPasteEnhancedMetafile

   If Err.Number <> 0 Then

 MsgBox "Object information not on the Clipboard. Select an object " _

      & "in PowerPoint and run the macro again." & Chr(13) & Chr(13) _
      & "Having text information in the clipboard would cause this" _
         & " problem.", vbExclamation, "Incorrect Data In Clipboard"
      End

   End If

   'Copies the object, which is now an enhanced metafile to Clipboard.
   Word.ActiveWindow.Selection.Copy

   'Pastes the metafile onto the PowerPoint slide.
   PowerPoint.ActivePresentation.Slides(lSlideNum).Shapes.Paste

   'Close the document without saving changes.
   MyDoc.Close (wdDoNotSaveChanges)

End Sub

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REFERENCES

For more information about how to use the sample code in this article, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

212536 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/212536/EN-US/ ) OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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