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Open Method

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Opens the specified presentation. Returns a Presentation object that represents the opened presentation.

expression**.Open**(FileName, ReadOnly, Untitled, WithWindow, OpenConflictDocument)

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns a Presentations collection.

FileName    Required String. The name of the file to open.

MsoTriState

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse Default. Opens the file with read/write status.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue Opens the file with read-only status.

MsoTriState

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse Default. The file name automatically becomes the title of the opened presentation.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue Opens the file without a title. This is equivalent to creating a copy of the file.

MsoTriState

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse Hides the opened presentation.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue Default. Opens the file in a visible window.

MsoTriState

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse Default. Opens the server file and ignores the conflict document.
msoTriStateMixed
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue Opens the conflict file and overwrites the server file.

Remarks

With the proper file converters installed, Microsoft PowerPoint opens files with the following MS-DOS file extensions: .ch3, .cht, .doc, .htm, .html, .mcw, .pot, .ppa, .pps, .ppt, .pre, .rtf, .sh3, .shw, .txt, .wk1, .wk3, .wk4, .wpd, .wpf, .wps, and .xls.

Example

This example opens a presentation with read-only status.

Presentations.Open FileName:="c:\My Documents\pres1.ppt", _
    ReadOnly:=msoTrue

Applies to | Presentations Collection Object