VBA-how to refrence placeholders beside Title.

[Edward]

Hi everybody,
In PP 2007 ( it applies to 2003 as well)
It's easy to refrence title place holder , something like
ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Design.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts1).Shapes. _
Title.TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Color.RGB=vbRed

but for other placeholders like subtitle or footer I use shape count
ActivePresentation.Slides(1)
..Design.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(1).Shapes(4).TextFrame.TextRange.Font.Color.RGB =vbRed

This code is defecult for maintenance , because if we add a new shape in our
master shape numbers change, also I'm converting my code from 2003 to 2007
and these shape numbering seems to be changed and I need to test for each
shape to make sure I'm referncing the correct shape.

My question is " Is there any easier way to refrence placeholders in our
masters?"

 

[Shyam Pillai]

Edward,
My recommended approach would be to make use of the placeholders collection
and then check for the desired placeholder type to reference the correct
placeholder.

?Activepresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(1).Shapes.Placeholders(1).PlaceholderFormat.Type

Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Handout Wizard: http://skp.mvps.org/how

 

[Edward]

Thanks. Good suggestion
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Best regards,
Edward

Edward,
My recommended approach would be to make use of the placeholders collection
and then check for the desired placeholder type to reference the correct
placeholder.

?Activepresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(1).Shapes.Placeholders(1).PlaceholderFormat.Type

Regards,
Shyam Pillai

Handout Wizard: http://skp.mvps.org/how