Visual basic and Macros buttons are gray

atom3 · #1 03-04-2016, 08:47 AM

I have 2 problems with powerpoint 2016 that are probably linked, the first one is that i have a pptm file from PP 2013 which when i try to open it with 2016 it always crashes (i think it's because it has some macros in it) and the other problem is that on Developer tab the buttons for Visual basic and Macros are gray thus i can't use macros at all, I have already set macros security to minimum in options it didn't help

JohnWilson · #2 03-04-2016, 10:17 AM

vba is normally installed by default but it is optional. If this is a work PC they may have blocked it.

If not you can go to the control panel in Windows (setting)

Find Programs and Features and choose to change your install

Add or Remove features. Add vba from shared features. Run from my PC

atom3 · #3 03-04-2016, 10:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnWilson

vba is normally installed by default but it is optional. If this is a work PC they may have blocked it.

If not you can go to the control panel in Windows (setting)

Find Programs and Features and choose to change your install

Add or Remove features. Add vba from shared features. Run from my PC

This was the problem, thanks, it's because when i was installing i disabled everything but PP and Word thinking they are all individual programs

JohnWilson · #4 03-04-2016, 11:46 AM

You should always also install Excel or you will have troubles with charts.

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