VBA to start slide show on specific slide

It is possible to start a slide show on the first slide with the following VBA:

Code:

ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.Run

How, if possible, can you start a slide show on a specific slide number (or current slide) with VBA? So far, I haven't found a solution online.

Have you tried using this line immediately after?

Code:

ActivePresentation.SlideShowWindow.View.GotoSlide (1)

Yeah, that's what I'm currently doing. I'm hoping to prevent showing the first slide if possible.

If you never need to view the slide at all in the presentation, you can tag the slide as "hidden" in the navigation pane so that it never appears in the presentation.

xPLAYn wrote:If you never need to view the slide at all in the presentation, you can tag the slide as "hidden" in the navigation pane so that it never appears in the presentation.

What an ingenious idea of hiding slides! This solved my problem.

For instance, to start to slide show at slide 9:

Code:

Dim i As Integer, j As Integer
' Temporarily hide slides 1-8
For i = 1 to 8
   ActivePresentation.Slides(i).SlideShowTransition.Hidden = msoTrue
Next i
' Start the slide show (will start at slide 9 because the first 8 slides are hidden)
ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.Run
' Unhide slides 1-8
For j = 1 to 8
   ActivePresentation.Slides(j).SlideShowTransition.Hidden = msoFalse
Next j