PowerPoint using macro to delete text boxes after printing

Question

Hi,
We created custom shows in Powerpoint and are running a macro to insert temporary page numbers on the slides before printing.  The issue is that I need to remove the page numbers after printing.  I'm a novice at VBA so I'm sure there is an easy
solution, but nothing I've tried so far has been successful.  The code is displayed below for your reference.  Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Sub PrintCustomShow()
      ' Change this number to specify your starting slide number.
      Const lStartNum As Long = 1
      ' Ask the user which custom show they want to print.
      Dim strShowToPrint As String, strPrompt As String
      Dim strTitle As String, strDefault As String
      ' See if any custom shows are defined.
      If ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows.Count _
         < 1 Then
         ' No custom shows are defined.
         ' Set up the string for the message box.
         strPrompt = "You have no custom shows defined!"
         ' Display the message box and stop the macro.
         MsgBox strPrompt, vbCritical
         End
      End If
      ' Find the page number placeholder; if found, pick up the style.
      Dim rect As PageBoxSize
      Dim oPlaceHolder As Shape
      Dim bFound As Boolean: bFound = False
      For Each oPlaceHolder In _
         ActivePresentation.SlideMaster.Shapes.Placeholders
         ' Look for the slide number placeholder.
         If oPlaceHolder.PlaceholderFormat.Type = _
            ppPlaceholderSlideNumber Then
            ' Get the position of the page number placeholder.
            rect.l = oPlaceHolder.Left
            rect.t = oPlaceHolder.Top
            rect.w = oPlaceHolder.Width
            rect.h = oPlaceHolder.Height
            ' Get the formatting of the slide number placeholder.
            oPlaceHolder.PickUp
            ' Found the slide number placeholder, so set the
            ' bFound boolean to True.
            bFound = True
            Exit For
         End If
      Next oPlaceHolder
      ' See if a slide number placeholder was found.
      ' If not found, exit the macro.
      If bFound = False Then
         ' Unable to find slide number placeholder.
         MsgBox "Your master slide does not contain a slide number " _
            & "placeholder. Add a " & vbCrLf & "slide number placeholder" _
            & " and run the macro again.", vbCritical
         End
      End If
      ' Set up the string for the input box.
      strPrompt = "Type the name of the custom show you want to print." _
         & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Custom Show List" & vbCrLf _
         & "==============" & vbCrLf
      ' This is the title of the input box.
      strTitle = "Print Custom Show"
      ' Use the first defined show as the default.
      strDefault = _
         ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows(1).Name
      ' Obtain the names of all custom slide shows.
      Dim oCustomShow As NamedSlideShow
      For Each oCustomShow In _
         ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows
         strPrompt = strPrompt & oCustomShow.Name & vbCrLf
      Next oCustomShow
      Dim bMatch As Boolean: bMatch = False
      ' Loop until a named show is matched or user clicks Cancel.
      While (bMatch = False)
         ' Display the input box that prompts the user to type in
         ' the slide show they want to print.
         strShowToPrint = InputBox(strPrompt, strTitle, strDefault)
         ' See if user clicked Cancel.
         If strShowToPrint = "" Then
            End
         End If
         ' Make sure the return value of the input box is a valid name.
         For Each oCustomShow In _
            ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings.NamedSlideShows
            ' See if the show is in the NamedSlideShows collection.
            If strShowToPrint = oCustomShow.Name Then
               bMatch = True
               ' Leave the For loop, because a match was found.
               Exit For
            End If
            ' No match was found.
            bMatch = False
         Next oCustomShow
      Wend
      ' Get the array of slide IDs used in the show.
      Dim vShowSlideIDs As Variant
      With ActivePresentation.SlideShowSettings
          vShowSlideIDs = .NamedSlideShows(strShowToPrint).SlideIDs
      End With
      ' Loop through the slides and turn off page numbering.
      Dim vSlideID As Variant
      Dim oSlide As Slide
      Dim Info() As SlideInfo
      ' Make room in the array.
      ReDim Preserve Info(UBound(vShowSlideIDs) - 1)
      ' Save the current background printing setting and
      ' then turn background printing off.
      Dim bBackgroundPrinting As Boolean
      bBackgroundPrinting = _
         ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.PrintInBackground
      ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.PrintInBackground = msoFalse
      ' Loop through every slide in the custom show.
      Dim x As Long: x = 0
      For Each vSlideID In vShowSlideIDs
         ' The first element in the array is zero and not used.
         If vSlideID <> 0 Then
            ' Add slide ID to the array.
            Info(x).ID = CLng(vSlideID)
            ' Get a reference to the slide.
            Set oSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.FindBySlideID(vSlideID)
            ' Store the visible state of the page number.
            Info(x).IsVisible = oSlide.HeadersFooters.SlideNumber.Visible
            ' Turn off page numbering, if needed.
            If Info(x).IsVisible = True Then
               oSlide.HeadersFooters.SlideNumber.Visible = msoFalse
            End If
            ' Create a text box and add a temporary page number in it.
            Dim oShape As Shape
            Set oShape = _
               oSlide.Shapes.AddTextbox(msoTextOrientationHorizontal, _
                                        rect.l, rect.t, _
                                        rect.w, rect.h)
            ' Apply the formatting used for the slide number placeholder to
            ' the text box you just created.
            oShape.Apply
            ' Add the page number text to the text box.
            oShape.TextFrame.TextRange = CStr(x + lStartNum)
            ' Increment the array element positon.
            x = x + 1
         End If
      Next vSlideID
' Print the custom show. NOTE: You must turn background printing off.
             With ActivePresentation
             With .PrintOptions
             .RangeType = ppPrintNamedSlideShow
             .SlideShowName = strShowToPrint
             End With
             .PrintOut
            End With
      ' Restore the slide information.
      For x = 0 To UBound(Info)
         ' Get a reference to the slide.
         Set oSlide = ActivePresentation.Slides.FindBySlideID(Info(x).ID)
         oSlide.HeadersFooters.SlideNumber.Visible = Info(x).IsVisible
      Next x
      ' Restore the background printing setting.
      ActivePresentation.PrintOptions.PrintInBackground = _
         bBackgroundPrinting
   End Sub

Answer 1

Hi hlolrich,
According to the description, you want to remove the shapes which created after you print the presentaion.
I suggest that you name the shape you added with some rule, then we can delete thease shapes via the name rule.
And here is a sample that you delete the shapes which name contains the
myShape words on the first slide for your reference:
Sub deleteShapes()
For Each aShape In Application.ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes
If InStr(aShape.Name, "myShape") Then
aShape.Delete
End If
Next aShape
End Sub
Also you can learn more about PowerPoint developing from link below:
How do I... (PowerPoint 2013 developer reference)
PowerPoint 2013
Regards & Fei
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