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Mar 19, 2008
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Retrieve the User Name and User Initials From Microsoft PowerPoint?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! In PowerPoint user information is stored under the Tools menu. I would like to know if there is a way to extract this data by using a script.-- TV Hey, TV. You know, you might find this hard to believe, but the Scripting Guy who writes this column hardly ever loses anything; in fact, he’s actually pretty good about putting th...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptOffice
Oct 17, 2007
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Hey, Scripting Guy! How Can I Copy Data from Excel to PowerPoint?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! As part of a demonstration I do on a regular basis, I’d like to be able to open an Excel spreadsheet, copy all the information on Sheet 1, and then paste that data into a new PowerPoint slide. How can I do all that using a script?-- JG Hey, JG. You know, the Hey, Scripting Guy! column is always written the day before it’s pub...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptOffice
Sep 22, 2007
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How Can I Apply a New Template to a PowerPoint Presentation?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! My company has just created a new PowerPoint template, and has decided that we need to use this template for all our presentations. How can I apply this new template to all the presentations in my C:\Presentations folder?-- OI Hey, OI. You know, this morning the Scripting Guy who writes this column did what he does pretty muc...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptOffice
Jul 27, 2007
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How Can I Configure PowerPoint to Print Handouts Instead of Slides?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I configure the print options in PowerPoint so that, by default, handouts are printed rather than slides?-- OG Hey, OG. You know, whoever said “Lightning never strikes twice in the same place” didn’t reckon on the Scripting Guys, did they? After all, less than a year after winning the Spanish lottery the Scripting Gu...

Scripting Guy!VBScriptOffice
Sep 5, 2006
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How Can I Run a PowerPoint Slide Show From a Script?

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Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I run a PowerPoint slide show from a script?-- IB Hey, IB. Talk about vindication! A couple years ago, when the Scripting Guy who writes this column first started messing around with Microsoft Office, he wrote a simple little script that could run a PowerPoint slide show. The other Scripting Guys laughed at him. “That...

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