How to access custom Layout Slides through VBA

Question

If I try to access custom layout slides, VBA error appears

Following code shows error:

layout = ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(1)

How should I access custom layout slides?

Answer 1

The Presentation object has a Designs collection (each Design is what we would have called a SmartMaster before).

Each Design has a SmartMaster and the SmartMaster has a CustomLayouts collection that contains the layouts. So:

Debug.Print ActivePresentation.Designs(1).SlideMaster.CustomLayouts(1).Name

That'll show you the name of the first layout (usually Title Slide) in the first master of the presentation.