Application Events (PowerPoint)

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This object has the following events:

Events

Name	Description
AfterDragDropOnSlide	Occurs after a shape has been dropped onto a slide in an open presentation.
AfterNewPresentation	Occurs after a presentation is created.
AfterPresentationOpen	Occurs after an existing presentation is opened.
AfterShapeSizeChange	Occurs after an object (shape, picture, text box, chart, SmartArt as examples) has been resized on the slide.
ColorSchemeChanged	Occurs after a color scheme is changed.
NewPresentation	Occurs after a presentation is created, as it is added to the Presentations collection.
PresentationBeforeClose	Represents a Presentation object before it closes.
PresentationBeforeSave	Occurs before a presentation is saved.
PresentationClose	Occurs immediately before any open presentation closes, as it is removed from the Presentations collection.
PresentationCloseFinal	Represents closing the final Presentation object.
PresentationNewSlide	Occurs when a new slide is created in any open presentation, as the slide is added to the Slides collection.
PresentationOpen	Occurs after an existing presentation is opened, as it is added to the Presentations collection.
PresentationPrint	Occurs before a presentation is printed.
PresentationSave	Occurs before any open presentation is saved.
PresentationSync	Occurs when the local copy of a presentation that is part of a Document Workspace is synchronized with the copy on the server. Provides important status information regarding the success or failure of the synchronization of the presentation.
ProtectedViewWindowActivate	Occurs when any protected view window is activated.
ProtectedViewWindowBeforeClose	Occurs immediately before a protected view window or a document in a protected view window closes.
ProtectedViewWindowBeforeEdit	Occurs immediately before editing is enabled on the document in the specified protected view window.
ProtectedViewWindowDeactivate	Occurs when a protected view window is deactivated.
ProtectedViewWindowOpen	Occurs when a protected view window is opened.
SlideSelectionChanged	Occurs at different times depending on the current view.
SlideShowBegin	Occurs when you start a slide show.
SlideShowEnd	Occurs after a slide show ends, immediately after the last SlideShowNextSlide event occurs.
SlideShowNextBuild	Occurs upon mouse-click or timing animation, but before the animated object becomes visible. .
SlideShowNextClick	Occurs on the next click of the slide.
SlideShowNextSlide	Occurs immediately before the transition to the next slide. For the first slide, occurs immediately after the SlideShowBegin event.
SlideShowOnNext	Occurs when the user clicks Next to move within the current slide.
SlideShowOnPrevious	Occurs when the user clicks Previous to move within the current slide.
WindowActivate	Occurs when the application window or any document window is activated.
WindowBeforeDoubleClick	Occurs when you double-click the items in the views listed in the following table.
WindowBeforeRightClick	Occurs when you right-click a shape, a slide, a notes page, or some text. This event is triggered by the MouseUp event.
WindowDeactivate	Occurs when the application window or any document window is deactivated.
WindowSelectionChange	Occurs when the selection of text, a shape, or a slide in the active document window changes, whether in the user interface or in code.