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Presentation.ExportAsFixedFormat Method

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PowerPoint Developer Reference

Publishes a copy of a Microsoft Office PowerPoint presentation as a file in a fixed format, either PDF or XPS.

Syntax

expression.ExportAsFixedFormat(Path, FixedFormatType, Intent, FrameSlides, HandoutOrder, OutputType, PrintHiddenSlides, PrintRange, RangeType, SlideShowName, IncludeDocProperties, KeepIRMSettings)

expression   An expression that returns a Presentation object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Path Required String The path for the export.
FixedFormatType Required PpFixedFormatType The format to which the slides should be exported.
Intent Optional PpFixedFormatIntent The purpose of the export.
FrameSlides Optional MsoTriState Whether the slides to be exported should be bordered by a frame.
HandoutOrder Optional PpPrintHandoutOrder The order in which the handout should be printed.
OutputType Optional PpPrintOutputType The type of output.
PrintHiddenSlides Optional MsoTriState Whether to print hidden slides.
PrintRange Optional PrintRange The slide range.
RangeType Optional PpPrintRangeType The type of slide range.
SlideShowName Optional String The name of the slide show.
IncludeDocProperties Optional Boolean Whether the document properties should also be exported. The default is False.
KeepIRMSettings Optional Boolean Whether the IRM settings should also be exported. The default is True.
DocStructureTags Optional Boolean Whether to include document structure tags to improve document accessibility. The default is True.
BitmapMissingFonts Optional Boolean Whether to include a bitmap of the text. The default is True.
UseISO19005_1 Optional Boolean Whether the resulting document is compliant with ISO 19005-1 (PDF/A). The default is False.
ExternalExporter Optional Variant A pointer to an Office add-in that implements the IMsoDocExporter COM interface and allows calls to an alternate implementation of code. The default is a null pointer.

Remarks

The ExportAsFixedFormat method is the equivalent of the Save As PDF or XPS command on the Office menu in the PowerPoint user interface. The method creates a file that contains a static view of the active presentation.

The

FixedFormatType

parameter value can be one of these PpFixedFormatType constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse The default. Does not display the embedded object (or link) as an icon.
msoTrue Displays the embedded object (or link) as an icon.

The

Intent

parameter value can be one of these PpFixedFormatIntent constants.

Constant Description
ppFixedFormatIntentPrint Intended to be published online and printed
ppFixedFormatIntentScreen The default. Intended to be published only online

The

FrameSlides

parameter value can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse The default. Does not frame exported slides.
msoTrue Frames exported slides.

The

HandoutOrder

parameter value can be one of these PpPrintHandoutOrder constants.

Constant Description
ppPrintHandoutHorizontalFirst Prints handouts with consecutive slides displayed horizontally first (in horizontal rows).
ppPrintHandoutVerticalFirst The default. Prints handouts with consecutive slides displayed vertically first (in vertical columns).

The

OutputType

parameter value can be a combination of one or more of these PpPrintOutputType constants.

Constant Description
ppPrintOutputBuildSlides
ppPrintOutputFourSlideHandouts Prints four slides per handout page.
ppPrintOutputNineSlideHandouts Prints nine slides per handout page.
ppPrintOutputNotesPages Prints notes pages.
ppPrintOutputOneSlideHandouts Prints one slide per handout page.
ppPrintOutputOutline Prints outine view.
ppPrintOutputSixSlideHandouts Prints six slides per handout page.
ppPrintOutputSlides Prints all slides in the presentation. The default.
ppPrintOutputThreeSlideHandouts Prints three slides per handout page.
ppPrintOutputTwoSlideHandouts Prints two slides per handout page.

The

PrintHiddenSlides

parameter value can be one of these MsoTriState constants.

Constant Description
msoFalse The default. Does not print hidden slides.
msoTrue Prints hidden slides.

The

RangeType

parameter value can be one of these PpPrintRangeType constants.

Constant Description
ppPrintAll The default. Exports all slides.
ppPrintCurrent Exports only the current slide.
ppPrintNamedSlideShow Exports the named (custom) slide show specified in SlideShowName.
ppPrintSelection Exports selected slides.
ppPrintSlideRange Exports the specified slide range.

Set

BitmapMissingFonts

to True when font licensing does not permit you to embed a font in the PDF file. If you set this parameter to False, the font is referenced, and the viewer's computer substitutes an appropriate font if the authored one is not available.

For more information about creating the add-ins that you can use the

ExternalExporter

parameter to point to, see Extending the Office (2007) Fixed-Format Export Feature on MSDN.

Example

The following example shows how to use the ExportAsFixedFormat method to export the active presentation as a .pdf file named test.pdf to the user's Documents folder.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub ExportAsFixedFormat_Example()

   ActivePresentation.ExportAsFixedFormat "C:\Users\<em>username</em>\Documents\test.pdf", ppFixedFormatTypePDF, ppFixedFormatIntentScreen, msoCTrue, ppPrintHandoutHorizontalFirst, ppPrintOutputBuildSlides, msoFalse, , , , False, False, False, False, False



End Sub

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