Tag Element (Microsoft PowerPoint)

Defines custom data stored with a presentation.

Attribute Description
datasize Defines the size of the binary data. The default size is 0.
dataoffset Defines the starting location of the data in the value attribute. The default offset is -1. This attribute is specified if the size of the data is greater than 0.
name Defines the name of the data.
type Contains one of the following string constants specifying the type of data: binary or string.
value Defines the actual string data.

Contained In

Master

Remarks

This element corresponds to the Tag object in PowerPoint Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). String values can be created using the Tag object in VBA, and binary values can be created with a COM-compatible language through the IDispatch interface.

Example

A set of tags can be used for custom data. For example, the following tags could be used to store names and professions.


<p:tag name="Laure" type="string" value= "SheepHerder"/>
<p:tag name="Seth" type="string" value="Space Pilot"/>