by YOUpresent | Dec 8, 2014 | Presentation Automation, VBA Macros
If you use VBA to program PowerPoint you will undoubtedly come across the limitation that the object model doesn’t do everything you may need. When you can’t find a particular method, the CommandBars.ExecuteMso feature is invaluable. It allows you to...
by YOUpresent | Oct 27, 2014 | Blog, Presentation Automation
On the 21st October 2014 Microsoft issued Security Advisory 3010060 relating to a flaw in PowerPoint that can allow attackers to gain access to the Windows system. How is it Transferred? Microsoft states that the vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a...
by YOUpresent | Sep 11, 2014 | Blog, Presentation Automation, VBA Macros
Knowing the area of a shape in PowerPoint can be very useful when wanting to visually represent a percentage of that shape. Let’s say we have a map of a country represented by a vector shape in PowerPoint, Excel or Word and we want to visualise that half of that...
by YOUpresent | Sep 8, 2014 | Blog, Presentation Automation, VBA Macros
What’s a VBA Macro? Put simply, a VBA macro (see tech talk below) is a small program containing a set of instructions for a Microsoft Office application such as PowerPoint, Excel or Word to carry out. The macro travels around with your document so anyone who has...
by YOUpresent | Aug 27, 2014 | Blog, Presentation Automation, VBA Macros
Do you need a quick way to see which custom layouts are assigned to slides within your presentation? You can do this manually by switching to the slide master view and then move your mouse over each layout to see which slides are assigned. But there’s a quicker...
