Sam's PowerPoint Toolbar

A toolbar group with useful buttons and macros. Tested in Windows 10 but probably also works in earlier Windows versions.

To install the toolbar download and extract Sam's toolkit add-in.ppam and Install Sam's toolkit.pptm to same directory, open Install Sam's toolkit.pptm and follow the instructions.

Features

• Set the proofing language of all objects on all pages to Finnish or English
• Save selected slides
• Swap selected objects
• Make selected objects the same size/width/height
• Make selected objects square

Backlog of future features

• Fit to slide: resize and crop picture so that it fills the entire slide

How to create Toolbar file from scratch

Toolbar filename: Sam's toolkit add-in.ppam

1. Start a blank presentation
2. Open Visual Basic editor and import all macros (*.bas) from /src directory
3. Save file as PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (.pptm)
4. Close PowerPoint and open file in Office Ribbon Editor. For some reason I need to run the Office Ribbon Editor as administrator to get it work
5. Use Document Explorer to Add 2010 CustomUI
6. Open RibbonX14, choose Import CustomUI and select /src/RibbonX14.customui
7. Go to Images tab and Add images from file system. Choose all images in /icons directory
8. Save and exit Office Ribbon Editor
9. Open saved file and enable macros. You should see the new Sam's toolkit group in the toolbar
10. Save the file as PowerPoint Add-In (.ppam). Use the Sam's toolkit add-in.ppam filename
11. Remove the intermediate .pptm file

More detailed instructions on how to add new toobars

• Stack Overflow: How to add tabs to PowerPoint 2010 that call macros
• How To Create A PowerPoint 2010 Add-In Using VBA With Custom Buttons In The Ribbon

How to create Installer file from scratch

Installer filename: Install Sam's toolkit.pptm

1. Start a blank presentation
2. Import macros and installer picture from /installer_src directory
3. Select picture, then Insert -> Action; on Mouse Click tab select Run macro and InstallSamsToolkit
4. Create text link and do the same as for the picture
5. Save file as PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (.pptm)