SaveAs Method

Microsoft PowerPoint Visual Basic

SaveAs Method

       

Saves a presentation that's never been saved, or saves a previously saved presentation under a different name.

expression.SaveAs(Filename, FileFormat, EmbedFonts)

expression   Required. An expression that returns a Presentation object.

Filename   Required String. Specifies the name to save the file under. If you don't include a full path, PowerPoint saves the file in the current folder.

FileFormat  Optional PpSaveAsFileType. Specifies the saved file format. If this argument is omitted, the file is saved in the format of a presentation in the current version of PowerPoint (ppSaveAsPresentation).

PpSaveAsFileType can be one of these PpSaveAsFileType constants.
ppSaveAsHTMLv3
ppSaveAsAddIn
ppSaveAsBMP
ppSaveAsDefault
ppSaveAsGIF
ppSaveAsHTML
ppSaveAsHTMLDual
ppSaveAsJPG
ppSaveAsMetaFile
ppSaveAsPNG
ppSaveAsPowerPoint3
ppSaveAsPowerPoint4
ppSaveAsPowerPoint4FarEast
ppSaveAsPowerPoint7
ppSaveAsPresentation Default.
ppSaveAsRTF
ppSaveAsShow
ppSaveAsTemplate
ppSaveAsTIF
ppSaveAsWebArchive

EmbedFonts  Optional MsoTriState. Specifies whether PowerPoint embeds TrueType fonts in the saved presentation.

MsoTriState can be one of these MsoTriState constants.
msoCTrue
msoFalse
msoTriStateMixed Default.
msoTriStateToggle
msoTrue PowerPoint embeds TrueType fonts in the saved presentation.

Example

This example saves a copy of the active presentation under the name "New Format Copy.ppt." By default, this copy is saved in the format of a presentation in the current version of PowerPoint. The presentation is then saved as a PowerPoint 4.0 file named "Old Format Copy."

With Application.ActivePresentation
    .SaveCopyAs "New Format Copy"
    .SaveAs "Old Format Copy", ppSaveAsPowerPoint4
End With