Thanks for your suggestions, but I am still having problems. I see what you were trying to accomplish, so it has given me a better starting point. I updated the code, but it still fails with the same error. Do you know if I need to switch between active presentations in order to copy, paste, etc... 
sub addMyFile{
    my $file = shift;
    my $fullpath = "$edmdir\\$file";
    my $addpres = $ppt->Presentations->Open( $fullpath ) or die "Can't
+ open PowerPoint file '$fullpath': $!\n";  
 
    my $j = 1;
    my $slide;
    my $newslide;
    
    while ($j < 10){   # this is hard coded while i figure out the bug
+s, but it will be length of the file
        $newslide = $pres -> Slides->Add($slideIndex,$addpres->Slides(
+$j)->Layout);
        $newslide = $addpres->Slides($j);
        $j++;
        $slideIndex++;
    }
        
};

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~~David~~

In reply to Re^2: Adding Slide to Powerpoint by ~~David~~
in thread Adding Slide to Powerpoint by ~~David~~

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