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Saves a presentation that's never been saved, or saves a previously saved presentation under a different name.
Syntax
expression
.
SaveAs
(
FileName
,
FileFormat
,
EmbedFonts
)
expression
A variable that represents a
Presentation
object.
Parameters
Required/Optional
Data type
Description
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 default file format (
ppSaveAsDefault
).
EmbedFonts
Optional
MsoTriState
Specifies whether PowerPoint embeds TrueType fonts in the saved presentation.
The
FileFormat
parameter value can be one of these
PpSaveAsFileType
constants. The default is
ppSaveAsDefault
. For a complete list of constants, see
PpSaveAsFileType Enumeration
.
If the presentation is not fully downloaded, this method fails and an error occurs. For more information about the Partial Documents, see
Work with Partial Documents
.
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
See also
Presentation Object
Work with Partial Documents
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