PPT: Sample Code to Print All Open Presentations

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SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that prints out all presentations that are open within Microsoft PowerPoint.

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Sample Visual Basic Procedure

      Sub PrintAllPresentations()

      Dim NumPresentations As Long

      ' Retrieve the number of open presentations.
      NumPresentations = Application.Presentations.Count

      ' Loop through all the presentations and print each one.
      Dim j As Long
      For j = 1 To NumPresentations

         ' Set the range to print all slides in the presentation.
         Presentations(j).PrintOptions.RangeType = ppPrintAll

         ' Print out the presentation.
         Presentations(j).PrintOut
      Next j

   End Sub

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REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/176476/EN-US/ ) OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163435/EN-US/ ) VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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APPLIES TO

Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition

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