How to determine which idMso ribbon control ids are supported on Office 365 Mac
On a PC, I can issued this command to tell PowerPoint to arrange all visible windows:
If I try this on a Mac I get a run time error 5 (invalid procedure or argument).
Other MSO control IDs do in fact work on Mac such as this one:
Furthermore, the CommandBars.FindControls method doesn't seem to work on Mac.
So I have a couple of questions:
1. How can I invoke the Arrange Windows function on Mac? (it's in the menu bar under Window / Arrange All, as opposed to the ribbon)
2. Why do some control IDs not work on Mac?
3. Is there documentation showing which controls are/are not supported in addition to this on GitHub? https://github.com/OfficeD
Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso "WindowsArrangeAll"If I try this on a Mac I get a run time error 5 (invalid procedure or argument).
Other MSO control IDs do in fact work on Mac such as this one:
Application.CommandBars.ExecuteMso "ShowNotes"Furthermore, the CommandBars.FindControls method doesn't seem to work on Mac.
So I have a couple of questions:
1. How can I invoke the Arrange Windows function on Mac? (it's in the menu bar under Window / Arrange All, as opposed to the ribbon)
2. Why do some control IDs not work on Mac?
3. Is there documentation showing which controls are/are not supported in addition to this on GitHub? https://github.com/OfficeD
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Thanks John. I always appreciate your insight and dedication to the presentation community with the generosity you afford it.
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Ha. And in the interest of sharing, this doesn't work on Mac:
But this does:
Go figure :-D
Window.View.ZoomToFit = msoTrueBut this does:
CommandBars.ExecuteMso "ZoomFitToWindow"Go figure :-D
Thanks for your kind words. And congratulations on the creative command substitution!
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Yep, the Mac OM is challenging to use to say the least, especially if you use UserForms as there's no designer on Mac. Dev on PC, try on Mac, broken, go back to PC, try again, repeat numerous times! Things like the guides OM simply don't exist. But I was extremely happy to learn from Microsoft that application events and LoadPicture (including PNG) are now supported. Dynamic ribbon galleries at last :-)
1. I tried briefly yesterday and made some progress. I maximised any that are visible and then changed size and position. Seems to work.
2. I think they're focussed on web first e.g. Office.js
3. That was what I was thinking I'd have to do! Not sure I have time in this lifetime though :-D
I need to update this relatively old article with the above points: http://youpresent.co.uk/de