DOCUMENT:Q163694  13-MAY-2002  [powerpt]
TITLE   :PPT: Sample Code to Apply Small Caps Formatting to Selection
PRODUCT :Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows
PROD/VER:MACINTOSH:98; WINDOWS:97
OPER/SYS:
KEYWORDS:kbcode kbmacro kbProgramming kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA _IK11573

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft PowerPoint 98 Macintosh Edition 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint 97 for Windows 
 - Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 
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SUMMARY
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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
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   http://www.microsoft.com/partner/referral/

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   http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=fh;EN-US;CNTACTMS

Sample Visual Basic Procedure
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      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
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For more information about creating Visual Basic for Applications macros, click
the Office Assistant in Microsoft PowerPoint, type "how to create a macro"
(without the quotation marks) 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" (without
the quotation marks), 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:

   Q176476 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:

   Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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