Hiya,

Thanks for your reply.

I agree it sounds mad but I haven't got access to VB itself at work and probably couldn't get it if I asked so I've only got access to VB through Excel, Access etc.

I found that using the DDE tools I could start up Powerpoint iteself but then not be able to use Sendkeys on it and couldn't open a specific file, or I could open a specific Access file - very annoying!

Any idea how to do it without a VB App?

Cheers
Fossil