Application.ShowStartupDialog Property

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Determines whether to display the New Presentation task pane when Microsoft Office PowerPoint is started. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.ShowStartupDialog

expression   A variable that represents a Application object.

Return Value
MsoTriState

Remarks

The value of the ShowStartupDialog property can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse Hides the New Presentation task pane.
msoTrue The default. Displays the New Presentation task pane.

Example

The following line of code hides the New Presentation task pane when PowerPoint starts.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DontShowStartup()
    Application.ShowStartupDialog = msoFalse
End Sub

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