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Slides.InsertFromFile Method

Office 2007

Inserts slides from a file into a presentation, at the specified location. Returns an Integer that represents the number of slides inserted.

Syntax

expression.InsertFromFile(FileName, Index, SlideStart, SlideEnd)

expression A variable that represents a Slides object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
FileName	Required	String	The name of the file that contains the slides you want to insert.
Index	Required	Long	The index number of the Slide object in the specified Slides collection you want to insert the new slides after.
SlideStart	Optional	Long	The index number of the first Slide object in the Slides collection in the file denoted by FileName.
SlideEnd	Optional	Long	The index number of the last Slide object in the Slides collection in the file denoted by FileName.

Return Value
Integer

Example

This example inserts slides three through six from C:\Ppt\Sales.ppt after slide two in the active presentation.

Visual Basic for Applications
`ActivePresentation.Slides.InsertFromFile _ "c:\ppt\sales.ppt", 2, 3, 6`

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FAQ

Fails to include images

This method fails in PowerPoint 2007 to bring in images from slides, they are missing in the new presentation.

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