AutoNew in PowerPoint? (PowerPoint 2003 SP1)

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Hi,

Am I right in thinking that the AutoNew() function is not available in PowerPoint 2003?

Does anyone know of a way to invoke a simple message box when a user opens a new PowerPoint document from a PowerPoint template?

TIA,

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I know it’s boring, but the method we use is to add a comment or text box to the first slide. The user deletes this when they have read it.

StuartR

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Unlike Word or Excel, PowerPoint has no automatic macros such as AutoExec, but since the 2000 version, it does have application-level events. See Make PPT respond to events; this article by Shyam Pillai contains a link to download his AutoEvents add-in.

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Thanks for the replies – I thought so!

Will check out the link for add-in, but will probably put some bold, red text on the first slide!

Cheers,

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