Embedded PowerPoint Slide problem (Word 2003 SP2)

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I have embedded PowerPoint slides in some Word documents. Sometimes when I update all the fields in a document, the slides disappear and I get the message “Error! Objects cannot be created from editing field codes.” I don’t understand why this happens, and it is causing our team a lot of grief. In my test file, which is unfortunately was too large to attach, there are two embedded PowerPoint slides. When all fields are updated, the first slide is unaffected, but the second one gets replaced by the error message. Before updating, when pressing Shift-F9, I see { EMBED POWERPOINT.SLIDE.8 } for both slides.

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What happens if you lock the slides for updating? This can be done by selecting a slide and pressing Ctrl+F11.

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When I lock the slides they don’t update when I try to do so. But with up to 50 slides in a document, visiting each slide and locking it would be burdensome, that is unless there is a macro that can do this.

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The following macro will lock all fields in the active document whose field code contains the word PowerPoint:

Sub LockPPT()
Dim fld As Field
For Each fld In ActiveDocument.Fields
If InStr(1, fld.Code, “PowerPoint”, vbTextCompare) > 0 Then
fld.Locked = True
End If
Next fld
End Sub

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Thanks again, Hans. The LockPPT macro did the trick! The writing team will be ecstatic when I show them.

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