Naming slides....

[Rene]

Hi experts!

I've downloaded the PPT tools to name slides... but if I create a link
to a slide the dropdown list just numerates the slides and does not
include their name... unless I have created a title text box. Am I doing
something wrong or is this tool not the correct choice?

Thanks for your help!

Rene

BTW... could someone please comment on my "roll-over-button" question...
at least tell me that it's not possible .... thanks.

[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Rene,
I'm not sure I understand your question. But if it is a combobox that
you've added the following code will add the slidenames to the combo
box when it receives focus. Note it also clears the combobox before
adding the names to avoid duplicating the list.

Private Sub ComboBox1_GotFocus()
Dim i As Integer
Dim strSlideName As String
ComboBox1.Clear
For i = 1 To ActivePresentation.Slides.Count
strSlideName = ActivePresentation.Slides(i).Name
ComboBox1.AddItem (strSlideName)
Next i
End Sub

If that's not what you are after can you explain what you are after in
more detail please.
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP

[Rene]

Brian,

Thanks for your reply. Sorry, my question was a little confusing... it's a
lot more simple, actually.

I want to create links from an object (text box or image), so that when the
user clicks on it, the presentation will advance to a particular slide. ...
no problem, I know how to do that... I go to actions... link to the slide...
finished.

It just annoys me that the slides are just listed by number in the action
dialog box. When there is a title text box on a slide, the slide will be
listed according to the title, but my slides don't have a title box. I
thought I might be able to "name" the slides using the freeware PPS Tools. It
seems the names have no bearing on the list in the action dialog. Am I doing
something wrong?

Rene

"Brian Reilly, MS MVP" schrieb:

[Brian Reilly, MS MVP]

Rene,
No you aren't doing anything wrong. The SlideName property is really
only used in VBA.
But if you won't have any Slide Titles then you can just add a
properly named Slide Title and drag it out of the frame. You'll then
see it when you create your hyperlinks but not when the show runs.
Brian Reilly, PowerPoint MVP

[Steve Rindsberg]

> I've downloaded the PPT tools to name slides... but if I create a link
> to a slide the dropdown list just numerates the slides and does not
> include their name... unless I have created a title text box.

I'm afraid that's just the way PPT is. It doesn't display the Slide name,
just Slide NN or the slide's title if any.
Makes sense, when you think about it. Normally the slides get something
like "Slide SomeNumber" as their name, and SomeNumber won't necessarily have
any relationship to the the order of slides in the show. It wouldn't be
very useful for PPT to let you choose that as the link destination in most
cases.