Out of curiosity, I am still fiddling around with this. I'm curious to understand the logic of the code you gave (and I have been looking online, but just can't quite piece it together from what I've found).
Firstly, this:
How would I know that I needed the (2) after custom layouts? What does it denote? And what does the DoEvents line do?
And then this:
Does this simply prevent the cross from appearing on the opening slide? If so, how would I also stop it from appearing on the final slide?
All this is for interest, because the code is not working reliably, even in the sample you provided: sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. If I have the workbook open for a while, and then try it, it seems OK, but it won't work immediately I open the workbook. What should I be looking for to work out why?
Sorry for the questions: I've dabbled a bit with VBA in Excel, but not enough to have any real command of it. This is the first time in PowerPoint for me.
Thank you for any insights.
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