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SlideRange.Select Method

PowerPoint Developer Reference

Selects the specified object.

Syntax

expression.Select

expression   A variable that represents a SlideRange object.

Remarks

If you try to make a selection that isn't appropriate for the view, your code will fail. For example, you can select a slide in slide sorter view but not in slide view.

Example

This example selects the first five characters in the title of slide one in the active presentation.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes.Title.TextFrame _
    .TextRange.Characters(1, 5).Select

This example selects slide one in the active presentation.

Visual Basic for Applications
  ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Select

This example selects a table that has been added to a new slide in a new presentation. The table has three rows and three columns.

Visual Basic for Applications
  With Presentations.Add.Slides
    .Add(1, ppLayoutBlank).Shapes.AddTable(3, 3).Select
End With

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