Need VBA Help with AddTextbox

On Mar 8, 8:37 pm, wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:00 pm, Steve Rindsberg wrote:

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Getting much closer to the root cause, I think, Steve. Here's what we
found out this AM: when the problem occurs, the text box I've added
has "inherited" ruler first and left margins that appear to come in
from left field. (Actually, they happen to be the level 3 ruler
settings that are in the slide master. ???) I notice that if I insert
a text box from the PowerPoint menus, then the ruler margins are
automatically set at the slide master level 1 values.

Now, here's where it gets gummier: On a "good" file, if I insert a
textbox from the PPT menu, the first and left margins are set to 0 and
0. If I insert a textbox with my code, they also default to 0,0.

I think the nut of this is: on a "bad" file, what's causing it to
default the ruler first and left margins to values other than 0, 0?

Any of this ring any bells?

In article om, wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:37 pm, wrote:
On Mar 8, 8:00 pm, Steve Rindsberg wrote:

[snippidydoodahsnippidiyey]

[more snippage]

Getting much closer to the root cause, I think, Steve. Here's what we
found out this AM: when the problem occurs, the text box I've added
has "inherited" ruler first and left margins that appear to come in
from left field. (Actually, they happen to be the level 3 ruler
settings that are in the slide master. ???) I notice that if I insert
a text box from the PowerPoint menus, then the ruler margins are
automatically set at the slide master level 1 values.

Now, here's where it gets gummier: On a "good" file, if I insert a
textbox from the PPT menu, the first and left margins are set to 0 and
0. If I insert a textbox with my code, they also default to 0,0.

I think the nut of this is: on a "bad" file, what's causing it to
default the ruler first and left margins to values other than 0, 0?

Any of this ring any bells?

Sometimes files/objects in files can get corrupted; not enough to crash PPT but
enough to induce oddities like this.

Sometimes copying the affected shape to the clipboard then pasting it back
fixes it. In other cases you may have to delete and recreate the slide.

Roundtripping to HTML is another way to attempt repairs.
HTML "Round-tripping" to repair corruption
http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ00526.htm


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Steve Rindsberg, PPT MVP
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