BKT Legacy Toolbar

Introduction

The BKT Legacy Toolbox is a VBA-based toolbar for Microsoft PowerPoint. It is the predecessor of the BKT. Compared to the newer BKT written in Python the Legacy Toolbar has less features, various restrictions and is not extensible. However, unlike the BKT it will mostly run on Mac Office.

The BKT is developed by us in our spare time, so we cannot offer support or respond to special requests.

Language

Historically, the BKT Legacy Toolbar was developed in German and unfortunately, we do not have the time to translate the whole toolbox. We hope that most functions are self-explanatory. If you have experience in multi-language VBA projects, feel free to support us.

System requirements

The BKT Legacy Toolbar runs under Windows from Office 2010 in all current Office versions as well as on Mac starting with Office 2016. Some functions are not available on Mac though.

Installation

The PowerPoint-Addin can be downloaded as compiled BKT-Legacy.ppam file. (Same version as in 30_builds\10_stable\.)

• On Windows it can be installed at File > Options > Add-Ins > Select "PowerPoint-Add-Ins" in Menu below > In new dialog click Add and select downloaded file.
• On Mac, quit PowerPoint, double-click install.command, choose whether to copy the add-in to the Microsoft Office Add-Ins folder or keep it in the current folder, then open PowerPoint and go to Tools > PowerPoint Add-ins. Click "+" and select BKT-Legacy.ppam. Confirm any security questions to activate macros. If macOS blocks the installer, right-click install.command, choose Open, then confirm. More detailed Mac instructions are available in README-Mac.md in the zip file.
• In order to add template slides via menu in PowerPoint, you need to download the Templates.pptx file and place it next to the addin file. Feel free to add your own template slides.
• To use the library menu for quickly opening PowerPoint files, create a Library folder next to BKT-Legacy.ppam and add .pptx files there. Subfolders are supported and will appear as nested menus. On Mac, PowerPoint asks for permission to access each subfolder once the first time the library is opened.

Development

To install the development version please refer to instructions on 20_development/DEV.md.

Contributions

• Office RibbonX Editor