title: Exporting PowerPoint sections into separate files
body: <p>Every week I separate a long PowerPoint file into separate files. The files must be in PowerPoint format, and contain only the slides that are contained in the 'sections' from the PowerPoint file. </p>
  
  <p>I need to:<br>
  1) Scan to see the number of slides in a given section<br>
  2) Make a file containing the slides within that section<br>
  3) Name that file the same as the name of the section, and save it in the same directory as the source file.<br>
  4) Repeat the process for subsequent sections.<br>
  5) Do this without damaging the original file. </p>
  
  <p>I've located code (<a href="http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01086_Break_a_presentation_up_into_several_smaller_presentations.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.pptfaq.com/FAQ01086_Break_a_presentation_up_into_several_smaller_presentations.htm</a>) that can break the file into many parts, but only by the number of files requested per file. I found some other helpful references here: <a href="http://skp.mvps.org/2010/ppt001.htm" rel="nofollow">http://skp.mvps.org/2010/ppt001.htm</a></p>
  
  <p>I have coded in Basic and a number of easy gaming scripting languages. I need help understanding how this is done in VBA.</p>