Dim oApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim oPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim oSlide As PowerPoint.Slide
Dim bAssistantOn As Boolean
'Start Powerpoint and make its window visible but minimized.
Set oApp = New PowerPoint.Application
oApp.Visible = True
oApp.WindowState = PowerPoint.PpWindowState.ppWindowMinimized
'Create a new presentation based on the specified template.
Set oPres = oApp.Presentations.Open(sTemplate, , , True)
'Build Slide #1:
'Add text to the slide, change the font and insert/position a
'picture on the first slide.
Set oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(1, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutTitleOnly)
With oSlide.Shapes.Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange
.Text = "My Sample Presentation"
.Font.Name = "Comic Sans MS"
.Font.Size = 48
End With
Call oSlide.Shapes.AddPicture(sPic, False, True, 150, 150, 500, 350)
Set oSlide = Nothing
'Build Slide #2:
'Add text to the slide title, format the text. Also add a chart to the
'slide and change the chart type to a 3D pie chart.
Set oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(2, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutTitleOnly)
With oSlide.Shapes.Item(1).TextFrame.TextRange
.Text = "My Chart"
.Font.Name = "Comic Sans MS"
.Font.Size = 48
End With
Dim oChart As Graph.Chart
Set oChart = oSlide.Shapes.AddOLEObject(150, 150, 480, 320, _
"MSGraph.Chart.8").OLEFormat.Object
oChart.ChartType = Graph.XlChartType.xl3DPie
Set oChart = Nothing
Set oSlide = Nothing
'Build Slide #3:
'Add a text effect to the slide and apply shadows to the text effect.
Set oSlide = oPres.Slides.Add(3, PowerPoint.PpSlideLayout.ppLayoutBlank)
oSlide.FollowMasterBackground = False
Dim oShape As PowerPoint.Shape
' Set oShape = oSlide.Shapes.AddTextEffect(Office.MsoPresetTextEffect.msoTextEffect27, _
' "The End", "Impact", 96, False, False, 230, 200)
' oShape.Shadow.ForeColor.SchemeColor = PowerPoint.PpColorSchemeIndex.ppForeground
' oShape.Shadow.Visible = True
' oShape.Shadow.OffsetX = 3
' oShape.Shadow.OffsetY = 3
Set oShape = Nothing
Set oSlide = Nothing
'Modify the slide show transition settings for all 3 slides in
'the presentation.
Dim SlideIdx(3) As Integer
SlideIdx(0) = 1
SlideIdx(1) = 2
SlideIdx(2) = 3
With oPres.Slides.Range(SlideIdx).SlideShowTransition
.AdvanceOnTime = True
.AdvanceTime = 3
.EntryEffect = PowerPoint.PpEntryEffect.ppEffectBoxOut
End With
Dim oSettings As PowerPoint.SlideShowSettings
Set oSettings = oPres.SlideShowSettings
oSettings.StartingSlide = 1
oSettings.EndingSlide = 3
'Run the slide show and wait for the slide show to end.
oSettings.Run
Do While oApp.SlideShowWindows.Count >= 1
DoEvents
Loop
Set oSettings = Nothing
'Reenable Office Assisant, if it was on.
If bAssistantOn Then
oApp.Assistant.On = True
oApp.Assistant.Visible = False
End If
'Close the presentation without saving changes and quit PowerPoint.
oPres.Saved = True
oPres.Close
Set oPres = Nothing
oApp.Quit
Set oApp = Nothing
End Sub