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Sub WiggleTheButtons()
' Demonstrates a few things you can do to control button appearance/behavior

Dim MyButton As CommandBarButton

' Edit this to supply the actual names of your toolbar and button
Set MyButton = CommandBars("ToolbarName").Controls.Item("ButtonName")

MyButton.Enabled = False
MsgBox "The button should now be grayed out/disabled. We'll re-enable it when you click OK."
MyButton.Enabled = True

MyButton.State = msoButtonDown
MsgBox "The button should now be depressed. Click OK to make it happy again."
MyButton.State = msoButtonUp

End Sub

See How do I use VBA code in PowerPoint? to learn how to use this example code.

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