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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By : Mike Van Niekerk
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VBA Automation for Excel 2019 Cookbook

By: Mike Van Niekerk

Overview of this book

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) is a programming language developed by Microsoft to automate tasks in MS Office applications. This book will help you to focus on the essential aspects of your role by automating mundane tasks in Excel and other Office applications. With comprehensive coverage of VBA delivered in the form of practice problems and bite-sized recipes, this book will help you to hit the ground running. Unlike most books that assume prior programming experience, this book starts with the fundamentals and gradually progresses to solving bigger problems. You’ll start by becoming familiar with VBA so that you can start recording macros right away. With this foundation in place, you’ll advance to using the full capabilities of the language as you apply loops, functions, and custom dialog boxes to design your own automation programs. You'll also get to grips with embedded macros and other advanced tools to enhance productivity and explore topics relating to app performance and security. Throughout this VBA book, you’ll cover multiple practice projects in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint while exploring tips and best practices to hone your skills. By the end of this book, you’ll have developed the skills you need to use VBA to create your own programs that control MS Office applications.
Table of Contents (20 chapters)

Adding text to textboxes

It's all very well to know how to open PowerPoint, create presentations, and make a slide available. The next objective is to add text to the two available textboxes on Slide1.

In this recipe, we will be adding text to the textboxes on Slide1.

Getting ready

Make sure PPoint_Interaction.xlsm is still open, and that the VBA Editor is active.

How to do it…

These are the steps to enter and format text in PowerPoint:

  1. To add text to a PowerPoint presentation via Excel, add the following line of code:
    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
        Set PowPntPrsnt = PowPntApp.Presentations...