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powerpoint >> Setting vertical alignment using AppleScript

by Jack » Wed, 08 Sep 2010 12:27:37 GMT

I am trying to set the vertical alignment (aka "baseline alignment" in
AS terms I believe) of the text in the footer of the Notes Master in a
presentation. (I've been working on this too long, the description
sounds like AS... )

The following runs, setting everything fine, except for the vertical
alignment. The baseline alignment is indeed set, but the vertical
alignment of the text in the footer is not changed.

Any suggestions?

Thanks, Jack

set allPlaceHolders to place holders of notes master of active
presentation

if (count of place holders of notes master of active presentation) >
0 then
-- Can't say "get every place holder" here, must use "item"
repeat with thePH in (get every item in allPlaceHolders)


if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type header placeholder
then
set visible of thePH to false

else if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type date
placeholder then
set visible of thePH to false

-- The "title" place holder contains the slide image
else if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type title
placeholder then
-- set titlePHProps to properties of thePH
set visible of thePH to true
set width of thePH to 450
set height of thePH to 350
set top of thePH to 32
set left position of thePH to 45

-- The "body" place holder contains the text of the notes
else if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type body
placeholder then
set visible of thePH to false


else if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type footer
placeholder then
set footerPHProps to properties of thePH
set visible of thePH to true
set width of thePH to 360
set height of thePH to 36
set top of thePH to 684
set left position of thePH to 0
set text alignment of word art format of thePH to left text effect
alignment
set baseline alignment of paragraph format of paragraph 1 of
paragraphs of text range of text frame of thePH to baseline align center
--tell paragraph format of paragraph 1 of paragraphs of text range
of text frame of thePH
--set baseline alignment to baseline align center
--end tell
-- set font placement to middle
set font name of font of text range of text frame of thePH to
"Bookman Old Style"
set font size of font of text range of text frame of thePH to 9

else if placeholder type of thePH is placeholder type slide number
placeholder then
set width of thePH to 120
set height of thePH to 36
set top of thePH to 684
set left position of thePH to 420
set text alignment of word art format of thePH to right text
effect alignment
set baseline alignment of paragraph format of paragraph 1 of text
range of text frame of thePH to baseline align center
-- set font placement to middle
set font name of font of text range of text frame of thePH to
"Bookman Old Style"
set font size of font of text range of text frame of thePH to 9
set content of text range of text frame of thePH to "Page >#>"
end if

end repeat

end if

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