I noted that this only works with placeholders. Using the fingerprint (example: font size, alignment, font color.) I can get around that alternative text and tags don't carry over from master to the slides. I loop over the shapes in the master layout associated with the slide, then build a dictionary of alternative text, based on some finger printing of the shape. This is the solution that works for me, inspired by Steve Rindsberg. ' Global Const sectiontop as Double = 27.95 ' check against a const with section position This way, it's fairly simple to single out a shape. One hack I found is to use the font and position properties. So thinking that a VBA code can loop over the shapes based on tag is not possible - unless the properties are set in each slide. I have digged a bit on this one, and have to conclude that seeing slide masters as 'template' for each slide is really broken.Īpparently none of the properties for tags or alternative text set on placeholders / text frames in master slides are carried over to the slide that is based on the master. MasterAltText = oMasterShape.AlternativeText If oMasterShape.Type = msoPlaceholder Then Here's some example VBA: Option Explicitįor Each osl In ActivePresentation.Slidesįunction MasterAltText(osh As Shape) As String Title, Subtitle etc) so you can match the placeholder type of a slide shape to the placeholder type of the slide's layout. In most cases, there won't be multiple master/layout placeholders of a given type (e.g.

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