Application.SlideShowBegin Event

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Occurs when you start a slide show.

Syntax

expression.SlideShowBegin(Wn)

expression   A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Wn Required SlideShowWindow The slide show window initialized prior to this event.

Remarks

Microsoft Office PowerPoint creates the slide show window and passes it to this event. If one slide show branches to another, the SlideShowBegin event does not occur again when the second slide show begins.

For information about using events with the Application object, see How to: Use Events with the Application Object.

Example

This example adjusts the size and position of the slide show window and then reactivates it.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Private Sub App_SlideShowBegin(ByVal Wn As SlideShowWindow)
    With Wn
        .Height = 325
        .Width = 400
        .Left = 100
        .Activate
    End With
End Sub

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