Freelance VBA programmer

Bryce Bassett

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"When I open my file in PowerPoint" What file are you opening? A presentation? The macro-enabled file form which you save the ppam? This can't be the add-in, as you can't open an add-in in PowerPoint, you can only load it.<br>"Also, when I open the file in the Custom UI Editor" This sounds more like you're opening the add-in, as that's the only file that would contain your custom XML
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John, AV,<br><br>Thanks for chiming in. &nbsp;Yes, it was the xlsm I use to create the add-in that I was talking about. &nbsp;After trying everything I could think of, I finally went back to an earlier version and re-built my custom ribbon, then it worked. &nbsp; Chalk it up to a corrupted file or something.&nbsp;
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I am finalizing the update of a PowerPoint AddIn that uses a custom menu ribbon. &nbsp;I use a .pptx file for development, then when I am finished I save as a .ppam, which I distribute to users.<br><br>I use the Custom UI Editor tool from Microsoft to create a custom ribbon menu tab with buttons and dropdowns to invoke various VBA macros. &nbsp;I've used this technique successfully for over ten years in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.<br><br>It was working fine this afternoon. &nbsp;But now all the sudden I cannot see my custom ribbon! &nbsp;When I open my file in PowerPoint, no custom tab is created (I have compiled my macros and no errors there). &nbsp;Also, when I open the file in the Custom UI Editor, I don't see the xml part with my ribbon code. &nbsp;<br><br>Does anybody know what might be going on and how I can get my custom ribbon to re-appear? &nbsp;I am supposed to deploy this tool tonight so this is urgent.<br><br>I'm using Office 365 and Windows 10.<br><br>Thanks in advance.
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I am finalizing the update of a PowerPoint AddIn that uses a custom menu ribbon.  I use a .pptx file for development, then when I am finished I save as a .ppam, which I distribute to users.
I use the Custom UI Editor tool from Microsoft to create a custom ribbon menu tab with buttons and dropdowns to invoke various VBA macros.  I've used this technique successfully for over ten years in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel.
It was working fine this afternoon.  But now all the sudden I cannot see my custom ribbon!  When I open my file in PowerPoint, no custom tab is created (I have compiled my macros and no errors there).  Also, when I open the file in the Custom UI Editor, I don't see the xml part with my ribbon code.  
Does anybody know what might be going on and how I can get my custom ribbon to re-appear?  I am supposed to deploy this tool tonight so this is urgent.
I'm using Office 365 and Windows 10.
Thanks in advance.

Why has my custom PowerPoint menu ribbon suddenly disappeared?

Microsoft Office is an integrated suite of applications that includes Outlook, Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, Visio and InfoPath, along with a number of tools to assist in making the individual components work together. Coding within and between the projects is done in Visual Basic for Applications, known as VBA.

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Customized Ribbon Buttons

Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) enables building user-defined functions (UDFs), automating processes and accessing Windows API and other low-level functionality through dynamic-link libraries (DLLs). VBA is closely related to Visual Basic and uses the Visual Basic Runtime Library, but it can normally only run code within a host application rather than as a standalone program. It can, however, be used to control one application from another via OLE Automation. VBA is built into most Microsoft Office applications.

PowerPoint is a slide show presentation program currently developed by Microsoft. PowerPoint presentations consist of a number of individual pages or "slides" that may contain text, graphics, sound, movies, and other objects, which may be arranged freely. The presentation can be printed, displayed live on a computer, or navigated through at the command of the presenter. Slides can also form the basis of webcasts.