Adding text to textboxes

It's all very well to know how to open PowerPoint, create presentations, and make a slide available. The next objective is to add text to the two available textboxes on Slide1.

In this recipe, we will be adding text to the textboxes on Slide1.

Getting ready

Make sure PPoint_Interaction.xlsm is still open, and that the VBA Editor is active.

How to do it…

These are the steps to enter and format text in PowerPoint:

1. To add text to a PowerPoint presentation via Excel, add the following line of code:

   Sub CreatePPointSlides()
       Dim PowPntApp As PowerPoint.Application
       Dim PowPntPrsnt As PowerPoint.Presentation
       Dim PowPntSlide As PowerPoint.Slide
       Set PowPntApp = New PowerPoint.Application
       PowPntApp.Visible = True
       PowPntApp.Activate
       Set PowPntPrsnt = PowPntApp.Presentations...