Hi there, hope someone can help.
I'm writing a simple Macro to copy the text in a cell (the result of a
formula) into a Text Box in a specific PowerPoint slide. What I have so far
is shown below (I have named the text box in Powerpoint 'textbox1'). I'm
struggling to find a way of pasting though!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Andy
UK


Sub macInsertStatsFigures()

'Jump to the Exit Criteria worksheet
Worksheets("Stats 11").Activate

Dim strFindText As String
Dim strReplaceText As String

strReplaceText = Range("P7")

Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")
' Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

'Select the correct slide in the Presentation
PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4).Select

'Select Textbox1 in powerpoint
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("te xtbox1").Select

'Paste the contents of strReplaceText into it




End Sub

Make sure the text box name is correct.....(with or without spaces)

ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("Text Box 1").Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.Text = strReplaceText
--
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Jacob Skaria


"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Hi there, hope someone can help.
I'm writing a simple Macro to copy the text in a cell (the result of a
formula) into a Text Box in a specific PowerPoint slide. What I have so far
is shown below (I have named the text box in Powerpoint 'textbox1'). I'm
struggling to find a way of pasting though!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Andy
UK


Sub macInsertStatsFigures()

'Jump to the Exit Criteria worksheet
Worksheets("Stats 11").Activate

Dim strFindText As String
Dim strReplaceText As String

strReplaceText = Range("P7")

Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")
' Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

'Select the correct slide in the Presentation
PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4).Select

'Select Textbox1 in powerpoint
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("te xtbox1").Select

'Paste the contents of strReplaceText into it




End Sub

Thank you kindly for your help Jacob.
The name of the text box is definitley correct.
I have tried adding the lines you suggested, however the debugger stops on
the second line with 'Object Doesn't support this property or method'

I am using Excel and PowerPoint 2003.

--Andy

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Make sure the text box name is correct.....(with or without spaces)

ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("Text Box 1").Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.Text = strReplaceText
--
If this post helps click Yes
---------------
Jacob Skaria


"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Hi there, hope someone can help.
I'm writing a simple Macro to copy the text in a cell (the result of a
formula) into a Text Box in a specific PowerPoint slide. What I have so far
is shown below (I have named the text box in Powerpoint 'textbox1'). I'm
struggling to find a way of pasting though!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Andy
UK


Sub macInsertStatsFigures()

'Jump to the Exit Criteria worksheet
Worksheets("Stats 11").Activate

Dim strFindText As String
Dim strReplaceText As String

strReplaceText = Range("P7")

Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")
' Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

'Select the correct slide in the Presentation
PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4).Select

'Select Textbox1 in powerpoint
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("te xtbox1").Select

'Paste the contents of strReplaceText into it




End Sub

Apologies! Forgot to add "PPApp." at the start of each of those statements.
It's working now - thank you so much!

"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Thank you kindly for your help Jacob.
The name of the text box is definitley correct.
I have tried adding the lines you suggested, however the debugger stops on
the second line with 'Object Doesn't support this property or method'

I am using Excel and PowerPoint 2003.

--Andy

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Make sure the text box name is correct.....(with or without spaces)

ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("Text Box 1").Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.Text = strReplaceText
--
If this post helps click Yes
---------------
Jacob Skaria


"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Hi there, hope someone can help.
I'm writing a simple Macro to copy the text in a cell (the result of a
formula) into a Text Box in a specific PowerPoint slide. What I have so far
is shown below (I have named the text box in Powerpoint 'textbox1'). I'm
struggling to find a way of pasting though!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Andy
UK


Sub macInsertStatsFigures()

'Jump to the Exit Criteria worksheet
Worksheets("Stats 11").Activate

Dim strFindText As String
Dim strReplaceText As String

strReplaceText = Range("P7")

Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")
' Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

'Select the correct slide in the Presentation
PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4).Select

'Select Textbox1 in powerpoint
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("te xtbox1").Select

'Paste the contents of strReplaceText into it




End Sub

Try using the index instead. I have tried this from a excel macro and this
works for me..

Set PPSlide = PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4)
PPSlide.Shapes(1).Select
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.Text = strReplaceText

If this post helps click Yes
---------------
Jacob Skaria


"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Thank you kindly for your help Jacob.
The name of the text box is definitley correct.
I have tried adding the lines you suggested, however the debugger stops on
the second line with 'Object Doesn't support this property or method'

I am using Excel and PowerPoint 2003.

--Andy

"Jacob Skaria" wrote:

Make sure the text box name is correct.....(with or without spaces)

ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("Text Box 1").Select
ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange.Text = strReplaceText
--
If this post helps click Yes
---------------
Jacob Skaria


"Andy C Matthews" wrote:

Hi there, hope someone can help.
I'm writing a simple Macro to copy the text in a cell (the result of a
formula) into a Text Box in a specific PowerPoint slide. What I have so far
is shown below (I have named the text box in Powerpoint 'textbox1'). I'm
struggling to find a way of pasting though!
Can anyone help?

Thanks,
Andy
UK


Sub macInsertStatsFigures()

'Jump to the Exit Criteria worksheet
Worksheets("Stats 11").Activate

Dim strFindText As String
Dim strReplaceText As String

strReplaceText = Range("P7")

Dim PPApp As PowerPoint.Application
Dim PPPres As PowerPoint.Presentation
Dim PPSlide As PowerPoint.Slide

' Reference existing instance of PowerPoint
Set PPApp = GetObject(, "Powerpoint.Application")
' Reference active presentation
Set PPPres = PPApp.ActivePresentation
PPApp.ActiveWindow.ViewType = ppViewSlide

'Select the correct slide in the Presentation
PPApp.ActivePresentation.Slides(4).Select

'Select Textbox1 in powerpoint
PPApp.ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes("te xtbox1").Select

'Paste the contents of strReplaceText into it




End Sub