title: Create new Equation Macro in PowerPoint 2007
body: <p>I'm helping out one of my professors but what should be a simple task is starting to frustrate me.</p>
  
  <p>I do not have any experience with Visual Basic used to create macros in MS Office 2007, specifically PowerPoint '07.</p>
  
  <p>All I need is a macro for inserting a new equation into a PowerPoint slide, the macro will then be used as a button on the quick access toolbar. The macro should preform these two tasks:</p>
  
  <p>1) On the Insert menu, click Object.</p>
  
  <p>2) In the Object type list, click Microsoft Equation 3.0.</p>
  
  <p>(taken from <a href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/insert-an-equation-HP005194680.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/insert-an-equation-HP005194680.aspx</a> ~I know it "applies" to 2003 but it is the same process in 2007)</p>
  
  <p>I'm really sorry to be asking such a simple question here but I have been all over the net looking for help and can't find a simple reference of the VB Library that I can understand. From what I do understand I need to navigate down through the objects PowerPoint, Presentation, Slide, and then add a Shape? Or maybe it can be done through the CommandBars object? I feel like this is a really simple problem that can solved by one of you knowledgeable fellows to save me from several more hours of Google searches that get me no where....</p>
  
  <p>Basically the end result would be a button on the quick access toolbar that would open the Equation Editor 3.0</p>