PPT.WorkWithSections in MS PowerPoint 2010 to Insert, Move, Get Section Counts in VB.NET

Introduction

In this article I am going to explain about how to Insert, Move, Get Section Counts in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation. For this we use PPT.WorkWithSections in Microsoft PowerPoint 2010. Using PPT.WorkWithSections we can insert sections, get counts and names of sections, and move sections in a Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 presentation.

Microsoft Office 2010 offer some powerful tools, using this tools you can create application. Using Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) you can create your own application according to your need. These application can performer some specific task.

For creating application we can use

• VBA host of Excel 2010
• VBA host of PowerPoint 2010
• VBA host of Word 2010

NOTE : OneNote 2010 is not a VBA host.

Code that we use in this application are given below

Sub DemoSections()
    SetupDemo()
    Dim a As Integer
    With ActivePresentation.SectionProperties
 
        .AddBeforeSlide(2, "Test Section 1")
        .AddBeforeSlide(5, "Test Section 2")
        .AddBeforeSlide(9, "Test Section 3")
        .AddSection(1, "Intro Section")
 
        For a = 1 To .Count
            Debug.Print "Section " & a & "(" & .Name(a) & ") contains " & _
             .SlidesCount(a) & " slide(s);";
 
            Debug.Print(" The first slide is : " & .FirstSlide(a))
            .Rename(a, "New Name " & a)
        Next a
 
        .Move(2, .Count)
    End With
 
    With ActivePresentation
        Dim sld As Slide
        For Each sld In ActivePresentation.Slides
            Debug.Print("Slide " & sld.SlideIndex & " is in section " & sld.sectionIndex)
        Next sld
 
        sld = .Slides(.Slides.Count)
        sld.MoveToSectionStart(1) 
        ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlideSorter
 
        For a = 1 To .SectionProperties.Count
            If a Mod 2 = 0 Then
                ActiveWindow.ExpandSection(a, False)
            End If
        Next a
 
        Dim isExpanded As Boolean
        For a = 1 To .SectionProperties.Count
            isExpanded = ActiveWindow.IsSectionExpanded(a)
            ActiveWindow.ExpandSection(a, Not isExpanded)
        Next a
    End With
 
    With ActivePresentation.SectionProperties
 
        For a = .Count To 1 Step -1 
            .Delete(a, False)
        Next a 
        CleanupDemo()

    End With 
End Sub
 
Private Sub SetupDemo()
 
    Dim a As Integer
    With ActivePresentation
        .Slides(1).Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "Title"
        Dim sld As Slide
        For a = 1 To 10
            sld = .Slides.Add(a + 1, ppLayoutText)
            sld.Shapes(1).TextFrame.TextRange.Text = "Slide " & a
        Next a
    End With
End Sub
 
Private Sub CleanupDemo()
 
    ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewNormal
    Dim a As Integer    For a = ActivePresentation.Slides.Count To 2 Step -1
        ActivePresentation.Slides(a).Delete()

    Next a

End Sub

Steps for creating Application

Step 1 : Start Microsoft PowerPoint 2010 : 

Step 2 : Using Alt + F11 Key Start Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Window :

Step 3 : Select on VBAProject(Presentation 1) : 

Step 4 : Right Click On VBAProject(Presentation 1) ==> Goto Insert==> Goto Module & click on Module:





Step 5 : Write Code in Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) Window :

 

Step 6 : Run Application using F5 :

Step 7 : Macros window will open, Select Macros name and click on Run Button :

Step 8: Output of Application :

Slide Before Run application

 

Slide After run application