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Article ID: 163694 - Last Review: October 11, 2006 - Revision: 3.2

PPT: Sample Code to Apply Small Caps Formatting to Selection

This article was previously published under Q163694

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SUMMARY

This article contains a sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro (Sub procedure) that formats the lowercase letters in a selection as small capital letters and reduces their size to about eighty percent of their original point size. Small capital letters (small caps) formatting does not affect uppercase letters, punctuation, or nonalphabetic characters.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements.

Sample Visual Basic Procedure

   Sub SetSmallCaps()

      ' Used to trap errors.
      On Error Resume Next
      Err.Clear

      ' Dimension the variables.
      Dim oTextRange As TextRange
      Dim oWordRange As TextRange
      Dim lNewFontSize As Long
      Dim i As Long

      ' Get reference to the selected text.
      Set oTextRange = ActiveWindow.Selection.TextRange

      ' See whether error occurred getting text selection.
      If Err.Number <> 0 Then

         MsgBox "Cannot apply Small Caps to selection. Please select " _
            & "some text and run the macro again.", vbExclamation, _
            "Invalid Selection"

         ' Stop the macro.
         End
      End If

      ' Loop through the words in the selection.
      For i = 1 To oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words.count

         ' Get a reference to the first word in the selection.
         Set oWordRange = oTextRange.Paragraphs.Words(i, 1)

         ' With oWordRange.Paragraphs.Characters(1, 1)
         With oWordRange.Characters(1, 1)

            ' Set the first letter to be upper case.
            .ChangeCase ppCaseUpper

            ' Calculate the new font size.
            lNewFontSize = ((.font.Size) / 1.3)

         End With

         ' Change the remaining characters to the new font size.
         With oWordRange
            .Characters(2, (oWordRange.Length)).font.Size = lNewFontSize
            .Characters(2, (oWordRange.Length)).ChangeCase ppCaseUpper
         End With

      Next i

   End Sub
				

REFERENCES

For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to create a macro click Search, and then click to view "Create a macro in Visual Basic Editor."

For more information about running Visual Basic for Applications macros, click the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type how to run a macro, click Search, and then click to view "Run a macro."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
176476  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=176476/EN-US/ ) OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435  (http://kbalertz.com/Feedback.aspx?kbNumber=163435/EN-US/ ) VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

APPLIES TO
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 98 for Macintosh
  • Microsoft PowerPoint 97 Standard Edition
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