Creating presentations and slides

Opening PowerPoint without opening a new presentation is not very useful. It stands to reason that a new presentation, with at least one slide, should be initiated together with the application.

Getting ready

With Excel still open, make sure that PPoint_Interaction.xlsm is available. Module1 in the VBA Editor must be visible.

How to do it…

Here are the steps to follow:

1. Add the next lines of code to the Sub procedure to open a new presentation with a new slide:

   Sub CreatePPointSlides()
       Dim PowPntApp As PowerPoint.Application
       Dim PowPntPrsnt As PowerPoint.Presentation
       Dim PowPntSlide As PowerPoint.Slide
       
       Set PowPntApp = New PowerPoint.Application
       
       PowPntApp.Visible = True
       PowPntApp.Activate
       
       ...