I always had problems to identify the names of the individual shapes of a slide in PowerPoint and therefore mostly proceeded with a VBA script or worked with trial and error.Now I have discovered the Selection Pane in PowerPoint. This way you don’t get the number of a shape but at least the unique name…

The creation of PowerPoint files in particular can cost you a lot of nerves. Especially frequently recurring tasks like status or quarterly reports can be automated with Powershell. It is important to create a good PowerPoint master template, which can then be filled using Powershell. It makes sense to run through the document twice, inserting…