Custom Autoshapes

I'm looking to create a custom autoshape group and type in PowerPoint 2003.
Is there any way to do this such that users can access the same autoshape
menu and now see my new group/shapes? I realize that I can add a button or
other means to create custom autoshapes, but I wanted to maintain a
consistent experience for my users.

My question is also related to VSTO, but I've already tried the dev forum
and wanted to take a shot at the PPT newsgroup to see if anyone here had any
suggestions.

Any help is appreciated.

magicmen
Mon May 05 09:10:00 CDT 2008

Not sure if this will help you but you can save all of your specific shapes
onto a slide and simply hide the slide (right click and hide). This way,
that slide won't show up in the slide show but the shapes can still be
accessed by other people. Of course, these shapes won't be found in the
autoshapes menu and if the shapes are grouped then resizing will be an issue.

"cloakski" wrote:

> I'm looking to create a custom autoshape group and type in PowerPoint 2003.
> Is there any way to do this such that users can access the same autoshape
> menu and now see my new group/shapes? I realize that I can add a button or
> other means to create custom autoshapes, but I wanted to maintain a
> consistent experience for my users.
>
> My question is also related to VSTO, but I've already tried the dev forum
> and wanted to take a shot at the PPT newsgroup to see if anyone here had any
> suggestions.
>
> Any help is appreciated.
>

Steve
Mon May 05 09:16:47 CDT 2008

In article <8CC1625F-FAA6-4E16-8D5C-73AF71F1D524@microsoft.com>, Cloakski
wrote:
> I'm looking to create a custom autoshape group and type in PowerPoint 2003.
> Is there any way to do this such that users can access the same autoshape
> menu and now see my new group/shapes? I realize that I can add a button or
> other means to create custom autoshapes, but I wanted to maintain a
> consistent experience for my users.

Off top of head ... add a button to the existing AutoShapes menu?
Or rather the appropriate submenu off of it?


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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cloakski
Mon May 05 09:56:02 CDT 2008

"Steve Rindsberg" wrote:

> Off top of head ... add a button to the existing AutoShapes menu?
> Or rather the appropriate submenu off of it?

I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I don't get any exceptions,
but the buttons never show up. I'd be more than happy to post up my code,
because its possible that I've made a programming mistake. I've been away
from VS for a few years and have limited experience with C#.

Steve
Mon May 05 15:55:56 CDT 2008

In article <20F63DB6-A2AB-4123-85C4-D9DE1726F381@microsoft.com>, Cloakski
wrote:
> "Steve Rindsberg" wrote:
>
> > Off top of head ... add a button to the existing AutoShapes menu?
> > Or rather the appropriate submenu off of it?
>
> I've already tried that and it doesn't work. I don't get any exceptions,
> but the buttons never show up. I'd be more than happy to post up my code,
> because its possible that I've made a programming mistake. I've been away
> from VS for a few years and have limited experience with C#.

I've none at all in C# but can sometimes work out what's going on, and if I
can't, somebody else probably can. So please, yes .. pop in some code.


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
PPT FAQ: www.pptfaq.com
PPTools: www.pptools.com
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