Setting and adding a Title box in slide script

[doverfelt]

I have a script someone gave me to autogenerate a PowerPoint slide from within a workbook. However, I need to add a title box and value into the script and not a VBA guy at all. The script is below...can anyone help me out with the code to create the title box and populate it? I can modify the code to set the text I need, but need the base syntax....

Any help out there?

D

Sub ExcelRangeToPowerPoint()




Dim rng As Range
Dim PowerPointApp As Object
Dim myPresentation As Object
Dim mySlide As Object
Dim myShape As Object


'Copy Range from Excel
Set rng = ThisWorkbook.ActiveSheet.Range("A1:O86")


'Create an Instance of PowerPoint
On Error Resume Next

'Is PowerPoint already opened?
Set PowerPointApp = GetObject(class:="PowerPoint.Application")

'Clear the error between errors
Err.Clear


'If PowerPoint is not already open then open PowerPoint
If PowerPointApp Is Nothing Then Set PowerPointApp = CreateObject(class:="PowerPoint.Application")

'Handle if the PowerPoint Application is not found
If Err.Number = 429 Then
MsgBox "PowerPoint could not be found, aborting."
Exit Sub
End If


On Error GoTo 0


'Optimize Code
Application.ScreenUpdating = False

'Create a New Presentation
Set myPresentation = PowerPointApp.Presentations.Add


'Add a slide to the Presentation
Set mySlide = myPresentation.Slides.Add(1, 12) '11 = ppLayoutTitleOnly


'Copy Excel Range
rng.Copy


'Paste to PowerPoint and position
mySlide.Shapes.PasteSpecial DataType:=2 '2 = ppPasteEnhancedMetafile
Set myShape = mySlide.Shapes(mySlide.Shapes.Count)

'Set position:
myShape.Left = 50
'it was at 66
myShape.Top = 100
'it was at 152
myShape.Width = 75
myShape.Height = 175
'Clear The Clipboard
Application.CutCopyMode = False

'Make PowerPoint Visible and Active
PowerPointApp.Visible = True
PowerPointApp.Activate





End Sub

 

[Domenic]

Try...

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'Add a slide to the Presentation
Set mySlide = myPresentation.Slides.Add(1, 11) '11 = ppLayoutTitleOnly

'Add title to the slide
mySlide.Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "MyTitle"

'
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'

Hope this helps!

 

[caswellMD]

Try...

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'Add a slide to the Presentation
Set mySlide = myPresentation.Slides.Add(1, 11) '11 = ppLayoutTitleOnly

'Add title to the slide
mySlide.Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "MyTitle"

'
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'

Hope this helps!

Is there a few lines of code I could add to this so that the background color and font color of the textbox may be changed?

 

[Domenic]

Is there a few lines of code I could add to this so that the background color and font color of the textbox may be changed?

First, add the following declaration at the beginning of the code...

Dim myTitlePlaceHolder As Object

Then try...

'Add a slide to the Presentation
Set mySlide = myPresentation.Slides.Add(1, 11) '11 = ppLayoutTitleOnly

'Get the title placeholder
Set myTitlePlaceHolder = mySlide.Shapes.Placeholders(1)

'Add title and format placeholder
With myTitlePlaceHolder
    .Fill.BackColor.RGB = RGB(0, 0, 255) 'blue (change as desired)
    With .TextFrame.TextRange
        .Font.Color.RGB = RGB(255, 255, 255) 'white (change as desired)
        .Text = "MyTitle"
    End With
End With

Hope this helps!