Show the .Type of each shape (including shapes in groups)
' Shyam Pillai, Brian Reilly & Steve Rindsberg
Sub Object_Types_on_This_Slide()
'Refers to each object on the current page and returns the Shapes.Type
'Can be very useful when searching through all objects on a page
Dim it As String
Dim i As Integer
Dim Ctr As Integer
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'Read-only Long
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For i = 1 To ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes.Count
'No need to select the object in order to use it
With ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes(i)
'But it is easier to watch when the object is selected
'This next line is for demonstration purposes only.
'It is not necessary
ActiveWindow.Selection.SlideRange.Shapes(i).Select
Select Case .Type
'Type 1
Case msoAutoShape
it = "an AutoShape. Type : " & .Type
'Type 2
Case msoCallout
it = "a Callout. Type : " & .Type
'Type 3
Case msoChart
it = "a Chart. Type : " & .Type
'Type 4
Case msoComment
it = "a Comment. Type : " & .Type
'Type 5
Case msoFreeform
it = "a Freeform. Type : " & .Type
'Type 6
Case msoGroup
it = "a Group. Type : " & .Type
' If it's a group them iterate thru
' the items and list them
it = it & vbCrLf & "Comprised of..."
For Ctr = 1 To .GroupItems.Count
it = it & vbCrLf & _
.GroupItems(Ctr).Name & _
". Type:" & .GroupItems(Ctr).Type
Next Ctr
'Type 7
Case msoEmbeddedOLEObject
it = "an Embedded OLE Object. Type : " & .Type
'Type 8
Case msoFormControl
it = "a Form Control. Type : " & .Type
'Type 9
Case msoLine
it = "a Line. Type : " & .Type
'Type 10
Case msoLinkedOLEObject
it = "a Linked OLE Object. Type : " & .Type
With .LinkFormat
it = it & vbCrLf & "My Source: " & _
.SourceFullName
End With
'Type 11
Case msoLinkedPicture
it = "a Linked Picture. Type : " & .Type
With .LinkFormat
it = it & vbCrLf & "My Source: " & _
.SourceFullName
End With
'Type 12
Case msoOLEControlObject
it = "an OLE Control Object. Type : " & .Type
'Type 13
Case msoPicture
it = "a embedded picture. Type : " & .Type
'Type 14
Case msoPlaceholder
it = "a text placeholder (title or regular text--" & _
"not a standard textbox) object." & _
"Type : " & .Type
'Type 15
Case msoTextEffect
it = "a WordArt (Text Effect). Type : " & .Type
'Type 16
Case msoMedia
it = "a Media object .. sound, etc. Type : " & .Type
With .LinkFormat
it = it & vbCrLf & " My Source: " & _
.SourceFullName
End With
'Type 17
Case msoTextBox
it = "a Text Box."
'Type 18 = msoScriptAnchor, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoScriptAnchor
Case 18
it = " a ScriptAnchor. Type : " & .Type
'Type 19 = msoTable, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoTable
Case 19
it = " a Table. Type : " & .Type
'Type 19 = msoCanvas, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoCanvas
Case 20
it = " a Canvas. Type : " & .Type
'Type 21 = msoDiagram, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoDiagram
Case 22
it = " a Diagram. Type : " & .Type
'Type 22 = msoInk, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoInk
Case 22
it = " an Ink shape. Type : " & .Type
'Type 23 = msoInkComment, not defined in PPT pre-2000 so we use the numeric value
'Case msoInkComment
Case 23
it = " an InkComment. Type : " & .Type
'Type -2
Case msoShapeTypeMixed
it = "a Mixed object (whatever that might be)." & _
"Type : " & .Type
'Just in case
Case Else
it = "a mystery!? An undocumented object type?" & _
" Haven't found one of these yet!"
End Select
MsgBox ("I'm " & it)
End With
Next i
End Sub
See How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint? to learn how to use this example code.