Adding a Digital Signature to a Macro Project
If
you want to add a digital signature to a presentation with a macro, you
need to add it using the Visual Basic editor. If you open a
presentation that contains a signed macro project with a problem, the
macro is disabled by default and the Message Bar appears to notify you
of the potential problem. You can click Options or Enable Content in the
Message Bar to view information about it. For more details, you can
click Show Signature Details to view certificate and publisher
information. If a digital signature has problems—it’s expired, not
issued by a trusted publisher, or the presentation has been altered—the
certificate information image contains a red X. When there’s a problem,
contact the signer to have them fix it, or save the presentation to a
trusted location, where you can run the macro without security checks.
Sign a Macro Project
Open the presentation that contains the macro project, and then click the Developer tab.
Click the Visual Basic button to open the Visual Basic window.
Click the Tools menu, and then click Digital Signature.
Click Choose.
Select a certificate in the list.
To view a certificate, click View Certificate or a link, and then click OK.
Click OK.
Click OK again.
Click the Save and Close button in the Visual Basic window.
You can create a self-signing certificate for a macro project.
Click the Start button, point to All Programs, click Microsoft Office,
click Microsoft Office Tools, click Digital Certificate For VBA
Projects, enter a name, and then click OK. Office programs trust a
self-signed certificate only on the computer that created it.
Assigning a Macro to a Toolbar or Ribbon
After you create a macro, you can add the macro to the Quick Access Toolbar or Ribbon (New!)
for easy access. When you create a macro, the macro name appears in the
list of available commands when you customize the Quick Access Toolbar
or Ribbon in PowerPoint Options. When you point to a macro button on the
Quick Access Toolbar or Ribbon, a ScreenTip appears, displaying Macro: presentation name!macro name.
Assign a Macro to a Toolbar or Ribbon
- Click the File tab, click Options, and then click Quick Access Toolbar or Customize Ribbon.
- Click the Choose commands from list arrow, and then click Macros.
- Click the Customize Quick Access Toolbar and then click For all documents (default), or click the Customize the Ribbon list arrow, and then click For All Tabs.
- Click the macro you want to add (left column).
- Click Add.
- Click the Move Up and Move Down arrow buttons to arrange the commands in the order you want them to appear.
- Click Modify or Rename.
- Type a name for the button.
- Click an icon in the symbol list.
Click OK.
Click OK.
