Inserts slides from a file into a presentation, at the specified location. Returns an integer that represents the number of slides inserted.

Syntax

expression.InsertFromFile(FileName, Index, SlideStart, SlideEnd)

expression A variable that represents a Slides object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
FileName Required String The name of the file that contains the slides you want to insert.
Index Required Long The index number of the Slide object in the specified Slides collection you want to insert the new slides after.
SlideStart Optional Long The index number of the first Slide object in the Slides collection in the file denoted by FileName.
SlideEnd Optional Long The index number of the last Slide object in the Slides collection in the file denoted by FileName.

Return Value
integer

Example

This example inserts slides three through six from C:\Ppt\Sales.ppt after slide two in the active presentation.

Visual Basic for Applications 
ActivePresentation.Slides.InsertFromFile _ "c:\ppt\sales.ppt", 2, 3, 6

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