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Tagging PowerPoint slides

Anonymous
2022-10-05T08:01:05+00:00

Hi, I saw a post from 2015 asking if it was possible to tag PowerPoint slides. Basically, I want to create a master presentation with tagged slides, then use some kind of filter to create customized presentations from it. In 2015, there didn't seem to be an easy answer. Has anything evolved in this area in the last 7 years?

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  1. Anonymous
    2022-10-05T08:49:14+00:00

    Hi Songe

    I'm Anna and I'd be happy to help you with your question.

    To you question, yes it is possible to use custom tags for presentations, slides, and shapes in PowerPoint. You can do that with the use of VBA. Please visit links below to learn more

    https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/powerpoint/tagging-presentations-slides-shapes

    https://www.rdpslides.com/pptfaq/FAQ00815_Working_with_Tags_-and_a_bit_about_Functions-.htm

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    I hope this helps ;-)

    Best Regards,

    Anna

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  2. Steve Rindsberg 99,156 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2022-10-05T14:31:08+00:00

    Anna,

    Thanks for the pointer to working with tags in Office JS. I've seen people asking about this elsewhere and will pass the info along.

    The PPTFAQ article you mentioned explains how to work with tags in VBA.

    @Songe

    Tags have been part of PowerPoint/VBA since Office 97. They're very useful, but you need to write code (or have somebody write it) in order to use them. It would be relatively simple to write a routine that would prompt for a tag name then either hide or unhide every slide that has a tag with that name and a value = YES (or whatever you like).

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