Indenting bullets via code

[Scott]

When adding text to a slide via the C# interop libraries in VS 2008 for a PPT
2007 file, how do I indent the bullets? I can add multiple lines of text and
each is a bullet point, as desired, but I can't get individual lines to be
sub-bullets.

For example, I want

- Bullet point 1
- Bullet point 1.1
- Bullet point 1.2
- Bullet point 2

I've tried setting the range's indent property but can't seem to make this
work. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I don't know C#, but perhaps you can translate this VBA code:

ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame _
.TextRange.Paragraphs(3).IndentLevel = 2

It takes the first slide, second shape, and indents the third paragraph
to be a sub-bullet.

--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

 

[Scott]

I don't know C#, but perhaps you can translate this VBA code:

ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame _
.TextRange.Paragraphs(3).IndentLevel = 2

If I put that VBA code into PPT 2007 it does exactly what I'm looking for.
From C# it doesn't seem to work though. I'm setting the bullets like this:

PowerPoint.Slide slide = presentation.Slides.Add(i++,
PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutText);
PowerPoint.TextRange range =
slide.Shapes[2].TextFrame.TextRange;
range.ParagraphFormat.Bullet.UseTextFont =
Office.MsoTriState.msoTrue;

range.Text = <multi-line text here>;

The text is appearing, so I know I have the range variable set properly.
Then I try to set the indent, like this:

range.Paragraphs(3, 1).IndentLevel = 2;

The Paragraphs() function via the interop libraries wants a 'start' and
'length' parameter. I am guessing length means the number of paragraphs to
apply this to, but maybe not?

I get no exceptions from the code, it just doesn't do anything.

 

[David M. Marcovitz]

I'm not sure what to tell you. It looks like you are doing about the same
thing. I assume you tried fiddling with those numbers. For example, if
you only have 3 paragraphs, maybe using 2 (perhaps your numbering starts
at 0) or trying different things for the length parameter. Sorry. Maybe a
C# expert will pop in here and help.
--David

--
David M. Marcovitz
Microsoft PowerPoint MVP
Director of Graduate Programs in Educational Technology
Loyola College in Maryland
Author of _Powerful PowerPoint for Educators_
http://www.PowerfulPowerPoint.com/

I don't know C#, but perhaps you can translate this VBA code:

ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes(2).TextFrame _
.TextRange.Paragraphs(3).IndentLevel = 2

If I put that VBA code into PPT 2007 it does exactly what I'm looking
for. From C# it doesn't seem to work though. I'm setting the bullets
like this:

PowerPoint.Slide slide = presentation.Slides.Add(i++,
PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutText);
PowerPoint.TextRange range =
slide.Shapes[2].TextFrame.TextRange;
range.ParagraphFormat.Bullet.UseTextFont =
Office.MsoTriState.msoTrue;

range.Text = <multi-line text here>;

The text is appearing, so I know I have the range variable set
properly. Then I try to set the indent, like this:

range.Paragraphs(3, 1).IndentLevel = 2;

The Paragraphs() function via the interop libraries wants a 'start'
and 'length' parameter. I am guessing length means the number of
paragraphs to apply this to, but maybe not?

I get no exceptions from the code, it just doesn't do anything.

 

[Scott]

The trick is the newline character. If I replace the \n at the end of my
lines with a \r character, then the Paragraphs() method works properly, which
lets me set the IndentLevel.

Grumble grumble