Change all slides that were not set up using slide master

Randree · #1 04-02-2017, 07:43 PM

How do I remove the background color or change to white in all of the slides when my teacher must have made the presentation without using the slide master? Do I need to delete each one individually? Or can I create a new master or theme and apply? It appears that she has a large text box that is colored in. Sure the slides are pretty, but I hate wasting ink.

I am attaching a few slides from the powerpoint for reference.

JohnWilson · #2 04-03-2017, 01:17 AM

I hope your teacher knows more about oncology than PowerPoint!

You would have to use code to fix the slides

On a COPY of the file
ALT f11 should open the VB Editor
INSERT > Module and paste in this code

Code:

Sub fixOnc()
   Dim osld As Slide
   Dim oshp As Shape
   For Each osld In ActivePresentation.Slides
      For Each oshp In osld.Shapes
         If oshp.Fill.Visible Then oshp.Fill.Visible = False
      Next oshp
   Next osld
End Sub

Run by pressing f5

Does that fix it?

Randree · #3 04-03-2017, 08:25 PM

You are amazing. Thank you so much

Randree · #4 04-04-2017, 02:02 AM

So the code worked for the initial powerpoint, but I tried using the same code for this without luck.

By the way, I have a mac so not sure if there is a difference

JohnWilson · #5 04-05-2017, 01:22 AM

Sadly your professor doesn't really know how to use PowerPoint properly and has used a different "bodge" this time. This cannot easily be fixed with code, the real answer is for someone to show them how to use slide masters

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