Powerpoint: Starting Templates By Using an Add-in

Powerpoint: Starting Templates By Using an Add-in

Step 1: create template WalMar.potm

Step 2: Adjust the XML of this template by using Custom UI editor; create a custom UI part like this:

<customUI xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2009/07/customui">

      <ribbon startFromScratch="false">

            <tabs>

                  <tab id="Templates" label="Templates" insertBeforeMso="TabHome">

                        <group id="WalMar" label="WalMar">

                             <button id="TemplatesWalmar" label="Templates Walmar" imageMso="FilePrepareMenu" size="large" onAction="OpenTemplatesWalmar" />

                        </group>

                  </tab>

            </tabs>

      </ribbon>

</customUI>

The tab will then look like this:

Step 3: Add VBA to WalMar.potm:

Sub OpenTemplatesWalmar ()

    Dim oPA As PowerPoint.Application

    Dim oPP As PowerPoint.Presentation

    Dim strTemplate As String

   

    strTemplate = "D:\WalMar\Templates\Powerpoint\HouseStyle.ppt" 'As an example

   

    Set oPA = New PowerPoint.Application

    oPA.Visible = msoTrue

    oPA.Presentations.Open strTemplate, untitled:=msoTrue

End Sub

Be sure the file HouseStyle.ppt exists at the given location.

Step 4: Save WalMar.potm as an Add-In: WalMar.ppam

Step 5: Save WalMar.ppam at a trusted location

Step 6: Add WalMar.ppam as an Powerpoint add-in

Now every time you start Powerpoint, you will get this new tab called Templates which leads you to the given template.