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Monday, June 27, 2005

Code to copy selected Excel Cells to Powerpoint Presentation via a Macro / Button

Sub RangeToPresentation()
'Set a VBE reference to Microsoft PowerPoint Object Library
Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Make sure a range is selected
If Not TypeName(Selection) = "Range" Then
MsgBox "Please select a worksheet range and try again.", vbExclamation, "No Range Selected"
Else

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")

'Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

' Reference active slide
Set PPSlide = PPPres.Slides(PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.SlideIndex)

' Copy the range as a picture
Selection.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture

' Paste the range
PPSlide.Shapes.Paste.Select

' Align the pasted range
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Align msoAlignCenters, True
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.ShapeRange.Align msoAlignMiddles, True

' Clean up
Set PPSlide = Nothing
Set PPPres = Nothing
Set PPApp = Nothing
End If
End Sub