Apply a template to a presentation via Automator

Jack

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Jun 30, 2009, 1:09:35 AM6/30/09

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Hi;

I have written a short Automator workflow to combine PPT
presentations. This is based on the MS provided "Combine PowerPoint
Presentations" action. The 'combining' is working fine.

The problem is that the resulting "new presentation" has no template
applied. Plain black and white.

I have tried sending the .pot file into this workflow as the first or
last of the presentations to be combined, it is not applied.

So I'm wondering if anyone can make a suggestion about how to
accomplish applying a template to a PPT presentation via Automator.

Please do not respond with "well, after Automator is done, just open
the file and..." If you're thinking like, as far as I'm concerned,
you've missed the whole point of Automator.

Thanks for any suggestions, Jack

OS X 10.4.11
MS Office 2008
Automator 1.0.5

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 10, 2009, 3:42:19 PM7/10/09

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It'll be hard for anyone to tell you what's wrong with what you're
doing until you show them what you're doing. ;-)

Post the script if you can.

But one approach would be to save the first presentation under a new
name then use PPT's Insert Slides From File feature to add the slides
from the other file.

In article <2d4b22b6-f927-4cdf-b096-

Jack

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Jul 16, 2009, 3:07:53 PM7/16/09

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On Jul 10, 3:42 pm, Steve Rindsberg <ab...@localhost.com> wrote:
> It'll be hard for anyone to tell you what's wrong with what you're
> doing until you show them what you're doing. ;-)
>
> Post the script if you can.
>
> But one approach would be to save the first presentation under a new
> name then use PPT's Insert Slides From File feature to add the slides
> from the other file.
>
> In article <2d4b22b6-f927-4cdf-b096-
>

> 477fc2b2e...@n11g2000yqb.googlegroups.com>, Jack wrote:
> > Hi;
>
> > I have written a short Automator workflow to combine PPT
> > presentations. This is based on the MS provided "Combine PowerPoint
> > Presentations" action. The 'combining' is working fine.
>
> > The problem is that the resulting "new presentation" has no template
> > applied. Plain black and white.
>
> > I have tried sending the .pot file into this workflow as the first or
> > last of the presentations to be combined, it is not applied.
>
> > So I'm wondering if anyone can make a suggestion about how to
> > accomplish applying a template to a PPT presentation via Automator.
>
> > Please do not respond with "well, after Automator is done, just open
> > the file and..." If you're thinking like, as far as I'm concerned,
> > you've missed the whole point of Automator.
>
> > Thanks for any suggestions, Jack
>
> > OS X 10.4.11
> > MS Office 2008
> > Automator 1.0.5

The goal is for this to be an automated process. I appreciate the
reply, but I thought I had made it plain (VERY plain) that this needs
to be automated.

As far as posting the script, I don't believe that it's possible to
make what I'm trying to accomplish any more clear than this statement
from my original post:

Steve Rindsberg

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Jul 16, 2009, 10:31:45 PM7/16/09

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In article <20907c9c-8b2a-4562-b5c0-

Right. So automate the insert from slide part.

Whether it can be done in Automator, that I can't help with.

Jim Gordon MVP

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Jul 17, 2009, 10:27:21 PM7/17/09

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Hi,

I see.

Then tack on the Run Applescript automator action to the end of your
automator action.

Your Applescript would then implement either the Apply Template or Apply
Theme command.

-Jim

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Jim Gordon
Mac MVP

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