If I knew this was going to be such a schlep I would not have started at all.
The template example shape has an ID of 6 so I can select the example shape with
and then get the coordinates (I hope!)
and then delete the example shape (otherwise the new one is just pasted over the example - couldn't figure out how to replace the 'whatever it is' in the current shape)
I am then able to copy my range in Excel and paste it into the presentation with
and here everything goes to crap!
The new shape that was pasted is in the middle of the slide and it's bigger than it should be. So now I want to get it into the position where the example is on the slide and the same size as the example was on the slide.
To do this I need to get the new ID of the new shape that were pasted onto the slide and that is the selected shape but everything I tried to get that ID was in vain. Spend hours on the net and each and every example I could find did not work. I'm so tired of seeing the 'Object doesn't support this property or method' message I could crap myself.
How on God's green earth do I get the new shape ID of the selected shape on the selected slide so that I can try and work with the new shape?
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