List of Slide Names

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List of Slide Names

Postby Dewcal » Sun Apr 03, 2016 4:05 am

Using PSP v7.0.3527 I have named slides in a show. While I can collect the files and save a file list, I do not see any way to obtain a list of slide names.

Can this be done in PSP or, if not, is there a workaround I cna use?

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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Marie78 » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:22 am

Hi

I do no think there is a way to do it from Proshow.

But the psh.files can be open with a text editor.

Then it is possible to list the name of the slides and to extract them for exemple with Excel : each line begins with cell[x].name=... where x is the slide number -1
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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Dewcal » Sun Apr 03, 2016 10:44 am

Thanks Chris,

Excel will open the psh files as well so will work through that.

Many thanks.
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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby gpsmikey » Sun Apr 03, 2016 1:49 pm

Check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8118
Vernon Robinson created a word macro that would wander through your .psh file and collect that stuff for you.

Not sure I would want to open it with Excel unless I wanted to write a bunch of VBA underneath to process
the information (which isn't bad if you are familiar with it).

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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Marie78 » Sun Apr 03, 2016 2:44 pm

Hi
gpsmikey wrote:...
Not sure I would want to open it with Excel unless I wanted to write a bunch of VBA underneath to process
the information (which isn't bad if you are familiar with it)...


You do not need VBA : a simple filtrer or advanced filter will do it...

The word does not extract the slide names.

I have not tested the MSI file of your link : perhaps it does it.
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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Dewcal » Sun Apr 03, 2016 9:47 pm

Mikey,

Many thanks for the word "macro" - interesting. Unfortunately as Chris says, it does not extract the slide names - and I do not know enough VB to be able to add the option!

Excel does allow you to find all entries witha ".name=" search.

Thanks all for help.

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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Marie78 » Mon Apr 04, 2016 3:56 am

Hello

To get only slides name

With automatic filter Image (english translation is approximative :oops: ) (the column has been titled Titre)

With advanced filter with a formula: Image (better than autofilter if you have to do it often... or if you want to extract the slides names list out of the psh list)
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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby Dewcal » Mon Apr 04, 2016 4:56 am

Many thanks for your translated filter! Much appreciated.

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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby gpsmikey » Mon Apr 04, 2016 7:05 am

Looks like a good solution! I had not used Vernon's utility for Word, I was just aware of it (I usually just open a copy of the .psh file in a text editor and snoop for what I'm looking for). Don't forget that "slide 1" is image[0] or whatever they call it (they start counting at 1 for what they show, but the index number starts at 0 - just got bitten with same thing last week installing a virtual Linux machine and counted partition numbers wrong :roll: )

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Re: List of Slide Names

Postby VernonRobinson » Thu May 19, 2016 12:42 am

gpsmikey wrote:Check out this thread: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=8118
Vernon Robinson created a word macro that would wander through your .psh file and collect that stuff for you.

Not sure I would want to open it with Excel unless I wanted to write a bunch of VBA underneath to process
the information (which isn't bad if you are familiar with it).

mikey


Sounds like it might be time to upgrade the original programming. I am surprised by how many have used it over the years. Besides the Slide Name, any other enhancement requests for this?

-Vernon

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