PPT2000: Sample Code to Display the Selection Type

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SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that demonstrates how to use the PpSelectionType constants. These constants can be used to obtain the selection type.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub MySelection()

      ' Use to store a ppSelectionType.
      Dim WhatIsSelected As Long

      ' Obtain the PpSelectionType constant.
      WhatIsSelected = ActiveWindow.Selection.Type

      ' Display a message box indicating the current selection type.
      Select Case WhatIsSelected
         Case ppSelectionNone
            MsgBox "Nothing is selected."
         Case ppSelectionSlides
            MsgBox "A slide is selected."
         Case ppSelectionShapes
            MsgBox "A shape is selected."
         Case ppSelectionText
            MsgBox "Text or a Text Box is selected."
         Case Else
            MsgBox "An error occurred."
      End Select


   End Sub

The following table shows the PpSelectionType constants and their values.

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Property	Value
ppSelectionNone	0
ppSelectionSlides	1
ppSelectionShapes	2
ppSelectionText	3

PpSelectionType constants are read-only long values, they cannot be modified.

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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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