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matzh
Hello,
I am trying to create a Powerpoint presentations with all slide titles
preset from a text file, or the like, so that each line of the text file.
Pasting into the outlline view on the left hand side in Powerpoint is not
working. It just puts me everything onto the first title.
So I tried Applescript which I think is more elegant anyway.
My code:
ell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
open alias "Macintosh HD:Users:xyz
ocuments:Test.pptx"
set myDocument to make new slide at after slide 3 of the active
presentation with properties {slide layout text slide}
#set properties of slide 4 of active presentation to slide layout text slide
end tell
No matter what slide layout I am using, it is just inserting a title slide.
This also happens when I am opening a new presentation with Applescript.
If I uncomment the third command above, I get an error: Microsoft PowerPoint
got an error: Can’t set properties of slide 4 of active presentation to slide
layout text slide.
If I use "set properties of myDocument" instead, it is ignored and remains a
title slide.
Am I overseeing something or is this so buggy? Is there any alternative
solution? Changing/inserting text also only gave me error messages so far
Has anyone successfully done something with Applescript and Powerpoint 2008,
yet? I have found very few resources about this in the net...
I am trying to create a Powerpoint presentations with all slide titles
preset from a text file, or the like, so that each line of the text file.
Pasting into the outlline view on the left hand side in Powerpoint is not
working. It just puts me everything onto the first title.
So I tried Applescript which I think is more elegant anyway.
My code:
ell application "Microsoft PowerPoint"
open alias "Macintosh HD:Users:xyz
ocuments:Test.pptx"set myDocument to make new slide at after slide 3 of the active
presentation with properties {slide layout text slide}
#set properties of slide 4 of active presentation to slide layout text slide
end tell
No matter what slide layout I am using, it is just inserting a title slide.
This also happens when I am opening a new presentation with Applescript.
If I uncomment the third command above, I get an error: Microsoft PowerPoint
got an error: Can’t set properties of slide 4 of active presentation to slide
layout text slide.
If I use "set properties of myDocument" instead, it is ignored and remains a
title slide.
Am I overseeing something or is this so buggy? Is there any alternative
solution? Changing/inserting text also only gave me error messages so far
Has anyone successfully done something with Applescript and Powerpoint 2008,
yet? I have found very few resources about this in the net...