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Working with Open Presentations

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You create a reference to an open presentation in two ways: by using the Application object's ActivePresentation property or by accessing a Presentation object as a member of the Presentations collection. There are three ways you can access a Presentation object through the Presentations collection:

  • By using the presentation's file name.
  • By using the Caption property setting of the Window object that contains the presentation.
  • By using the presentation's index value. Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations are indexed in the order in which they are opened.

The following examples illustrate the different ways to set a reference to an open presentation:

Dim prsPres As PowerPoint.Presentation

' Use the ActivePresentation property.
Set prsPres = ActivePresentation

' Use the presentation's file name.
Set prsPres = Presentations("PowerPointTools.ppt")

' Use the Caption property setting of the Window 
' object that contains the presentation.
Set prsPres = Presentations("PowerPointTools")

' Use the presentation's index value in the collection.
Set prsPres = Presentations(1)

See Also

Working with the Presentation Object | Working with Existing Presentations | Creating a New Presentation | Formatting a Presentation | Running a Slide Show from a Presentation