Application Members (PowerPoint)

Represents the entire Microsoft PowerPoint application.

Methods

Name	Description
Activate	Activates the specified object.
Help	Displays a Help topic.
Quit	Quits Microsoft PowerPoint. This is equivalent to clicking the Office button and then clicking Exit PowerPoint.
Run	Runs a Visual Basic procedure.
StartNewUndoEntry	Starts a new undo entry in the Application object.

Properties

Name	Description
Active	Returns whether the specified pane or window is active. Read-only.
ActiveEncryptionSession	Represents the encryption session associated with the active presentation. Read-only.
ActivePresentation	Returns a Presentation object that represents the presentation open in the active window. Read-only.
ActivePrinter	Returns the name of the active printer. Read-only.
ActiveProtectedViewWindow	Returns a ProtectedViewWindow object that represents the active Protected View window (the window on top). Read-only.
ActiveWindow	Returns a DocumentWindow object that represents the active document window. Read-only.
AddIns	Returns the program-specific AddIns collection that represents all the add-ins listed in the Add-Ins dialog box (click the Office button, click PowerPoint Options, click Add-Ins, click PowerPoint Add-Ins on the Manage list). Read-only.
Assistance	Gets a reference to the Microsoft Office IAssistance object, which provides a means for developers to create a customized help experience for users within Microsoft Office. Read-only.
AutoCorrect	Returns an AutoCorrect object that represents the AutoCorrect functionality in Microsoft PowerPoint.
AutomationSecurity	Represents the security mode that Microsoft PowerPoint uses when it opens files programmatically. Read/write.
Build	Returns the build number for the current instance of Microsoft PowerPoint. Read-only.
Caption	Returns the text that appears in the title bar of the application window. Read/write.
COMAddIns	Returns a reference to the Component Object Model (COM) add-ins currently loaded in Microsoft PowerPoint. These add-ins are listed on the Add-Ins tab in the PowerPoint Options dialog box. Read-only.
CommandBars	Returns a CommandBars collection that represents all the command bars in Microsoft PowerPoint. Read-only.
Creator	Returns a Long that represents the four-character creator code for the application in which the specified object was created. For example, if the object was created in Microsoft PowerPoint, this property returns the hexadecimal number 50575054. Read-only.
DefaultWebOptions	Returns the DefaultWebOptions object, which contains global application-level attributes used by Microsoft PowerPoint when you publish or save a complete or partial presentation as a Web page or open a Web page. Read-only.
DisplayAlerts	Sets or returns whether Microsoft PowerPoint displays alerts while running a macro. Read/write.
DisplayDocumentInformationPanel	Returns or sets whether the Document Properties panel is displayed in the Microsoft PowerPoint user interface. Read/write.
DisplayGridLines	Determines whether to display gridlines in Microsoft PowerPoint. Read/write.
FeatureInstall	Returns or sets how Microsoft PowerPoint handles calls to methods and properties that require features not yet installed. Read/write.
FileConverters	Returns information about installed file converters. Returns null if there are no converters installed. Read-only Variant.
FileDialog	Returns a FileDialog object that represents a single instance of a file dialog box. Read-only.
FileValidation	Returns or sets a value that indicates how PowerPoint will validate files before opening them. Read/write
Height	Returns or sets the height of the specified object, in points. Read/write.
IsSandboxed	Returns True if the specified presentation is open in a Protected View window. Read-only.
LanguageSettings	Returns a LanguageSettings object that contains information about the language settings in Microsoft PowerPoint. Read-only.
Left	Returns or sets a Single that represents the distance in points from the left edge of the document, application, and slide show windows to the left edge of the application window's client area. Setting this property to a very large positive or negative value may position the window completely off the desktop. Read/write.
Name	Returns the string "Microsoft PowerPoint." Read-only.
NewPresentation	Returns a NewFile object that represents a presentation listed on the New Presentation task pane. Read-only.
OperatingSystem	Returns the name of the operating system. Read-only.
Options	Returns an Options object that represents application options in Microsoft PowerPoint.
Path	Returns a String that represents the path to the specified Application object. Read-only.
Presentations	Returns a Presentations collection that represents all open presentations. Read-only.
ProductCode	Returns the Microsoft PowerPoint globally unique identifier (GUID). Read-only.
ProtectedViewWindows	Returns a ProtectedViewWindows collection that represents all the Protected View windows that are open in the application. Read-only
ShowStartupDialog	Determines whether to display the New Presentation task pane when Microsoft PowerPoint is started. Read/write.
ShowWindowsInTaskbar	Determines whether there is a separate Windows taskbar button for each open presentation. Read/write.
SlideShowWindows	Returns a SlideShowWindows collection that represents all open slide show windows. Read-only.
SmartArtColors	Returns the SmartArt colors of the current Application object. Read-only.
SmartArtLayouts	Returns the SmartArt layout of the current Application object. Read-only.
SmartArtQuickStyles	Returns the quick styles of the SmartArt diagram in the current Application object. Read-only.
Top	Returns or sets a Single that represents the distance in points from the top edge of the document, application, and slide show window to the top edge of the application window's client area. Read/write.
VBE	Returns a VBE object that represents the Visual Basic Editor. Read-only.
Version	Returns the Microsoft PowerPoint version number. Read-only.
Visible	Returns or sets the visibility of the specified object or the formatting applied to the specified object. Read/write.
Width	Returns or sets the width of the specified object, in points. Read/write.
Windows	Returns a DocumentWindows collection that represents all open document windows. Read-only.
WindowState	Returns or sets the state of the specified window. Read/write.

Events

Name	Description
AfterNewPresentation	Occurs after a presentation is created.
AfterPresentationOpen	Occurs after an existing presentation is opened.
ColorSchemeChanged	Occurs after a color scheme is changed.
NewPresentation	Occurs after a presentation is created, as it is added to the Presentations collection.
PresentationBeforeClose	Represents a Presentation object before it closes.
PresentationBeforeSave	Occurs before a presentation is saved.
PresentationClose	Occurs immediately before any open presentation closes, as it is removed from the Presentations collection.
PresentationCloseFinal	Represents closing the final Presentation object.
PresentationNewSlide	Occurs when a new slide is created in any open presentation, as the slide is added to the Slides collection.
PresentationOpen	Occurs after an existing presentation is opened, as it is added to the Presentations collection.
PresentationPrint	Occurs before a presentation is printed.
PresentationSave	Occurs before any open presentation is saved.
PresentationSync	Occurs when the local copy of a presentation that is part of a Document Workspace is synchronized with the copy on the server. Provides important status information regarding the success or failure of the synchronization of the presentation.
ProtectedViewWindowActivate	Occurs when any protected view window is activated.
ProtectedViewWindowBeforeClose	Occurs immediately before a protected view window or a document in a protected view window closes.
ProtectedViewWindowBeforeEdit	Occurs immediately before editing is enabled on the document in the specified protected view window.
ProtectedViewWindowDeactivate	Occurs when a protected view window is deactivated.
ProtectedViewWindowOpen	Occurs when a protected view window is opened.
SlideSelectionChanged	Occurs at different times depending on the current view.
SlideShowBegin	Occurs when you start a slide show.
SlideShowEnd	Occurs after a slide show ends, immediately after the last SlideShowNextSlide event occurs.
SlideShowNextBuild	Occurs upon mouse-click or timing animation, but before the animated object becomes visible. .
SlideShowNextClick	Occurs on the next click of the slide.
SlideShowNextSlide	Occurs immediately before the transition to the next slide. For the first slide, occurs immediately after the SlideShowBegin event.
SlideShowOnNext	Occurs when the user clicks Next to move within the current slide.
SlideShowOnPrevious	Occurs when the user clicks Previous to move within the current slide.
WindowActivate	Occurs when the application window or any document window is activated.
WindowBeforeDoubleClick	Occurs when you double-click the items in the views listed in the following table.
WindowBeforeRightClick	Occurs when you right-click a shape, a slide, a notes page, or some text. This event is triggered by the MouseUp event.
WindowDeactivate	Occurs when the application window or any document window is deactivated.
WindowSelectionChange	Occurs when the selection of text, a shape, or a slide in the active document window changes, whether in the user interface or in code.