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Excel to PowerPoint Automation:

Effortlessly turn your data into awesome slides

The SlideFab logo resembles the letter "S" made of slides

What is the SlideFab software?

A powerful add-in
for PowerPoint

SlideFab is integrated into the PowerPoint ribbon.

It connects a PowerPoint presentation serving as template with an Excel workbook.

Beyond mere linking, the automation part allows mass production.

Like mail merge –
just for slides

SlideFab creates PowerPoint slides based on the data in Excel automatically.

SlideFab work likes mail merge but with the power of Excel.

So it can iterate and create the same templates with different data.

Productivity boost
for everyone

SlideFab empowers all to automate PowerPoint slide creation.

It can mass-produce dozens of slides within minutes.

SlideFab saves hours and days of manual work through its automation.

SlideFab’s Excel to PowerPoint automation is a real multiplier for your productivity

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1 or more
PowerPoint
Template Slide(s)
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An arbitrary Excel workbook which can be used as an control mechanism to automatically create slides with SlideFab
1
Excel
Workbook
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An arbitrary output of SlideFab showing how an Excel model was used to mass create PowerPoint slides based on a set of template slides
Many
PowerPoint
Output Slides

SlideFab populates the slides in your PowerPoint template presentation with data from Excel. When there is different data for the same template slides, SlideFab will take care. SlideFab iterates the data, duplicates the template slides and populates these duplicates individually until all data is processed.

Benefits of SlideFab for Excel to PowerPoint Automation

SlideFab is versatile

It can write texts into shapes

SlideFab has 5 different ways of creating / updating charts

It colours shapes based on conditional formats

… and much more

SlideFab saves time

It fills data into template slides or presentations quickly

SlideFab can create slides while you do other things

It is much quicker than doing copy / paste manually

SlideFab supports your designs

It supports all PowerPoint presentations as templates

SlideFab supports the master slides

Also your Corporate Identity will work

Running SlideFab is easy

To run the automation you need no Excel skills

Creating automations needs no coding skills

Linking Excel and PowerPoint is mostly point and click

The SlideFab software can be used for many different tasks

Whenever you have to create rather similar slides more than once, SlideFab can help you with it. These are just three examples:

Individualised survey /
benchmarking reports

When running a survey or a benchmark the participating groups expect some feedback on how they perform.

Monthly reporting /
progress tracking

For reporting on a regular basis the slide structures remain the same but charts, action titles and highlights need to be updated.

Backup slide
preparation

Even though nobody likes to create backup slides which are most likely never shown, it is sometimes good to be prepared.

These are real-life use cases of SlideFab

A US media company uses SlideFab to create feedback slides on how their customers’ videos perform

A US consulting boutique uses SlideFab to create company culture analysis slides based on data collected with Qualtrics

A US manufacturer of goods uses SlideFab to create headcount performance review slides for their management

A German market research institute creates PowerPoints presentations based on their panel data

A German software company uses SlideFab to create project schedule slides within their project management office

An international auditing firm uses SlideFab to create financial company reviewing slides

SlideFab links Excel with PowerPoint and much more

SlideFab contains too many features to list them here. But overall, the features fall into one of these 4 groups:

SlideFab supports loops in order to multiply the template slides for mass creation

SlideFab offers different connections between Excel and PowerPoint

With logical features SlideFab allows to custom tailor the output presentation

A wealth of additional SlideFab features saves time and improves the output

SlideFab Lite contains everything for free – almost

Trying out SlideFab with all features gives you maximum transparency.

All features

SlideFab contains all available features at no cost.

All what you can do with the paid versions is possible here, too.

No Watermarks

The created presentations with SlideFab have no watermarks.

The output is not marked in any way to highlight that the free version of SlideFab was used.

All private

SlideFab does not collect any data. Neither in the paid version nor in the free Lite version.

You won’t pay with your data for using SlideFab for free.

This is how and why SlideFab Lite is for free

SlideFab Lite offers all features for free.

The only difference to the paid versions is that on every template slide not more than two elements can be linked with the Excel workbook. This covers a headline and some content, for example.

To unleash SlideFab a paid version is required

The paid versions of SlideFab are offered on a monthly or yearly basis as subscription. This way all features, all updates and all bugfixes are included. The paid versions remove the two shapes per template slide limit.

SlideFab Licenses

Starting at

25 Euro

per month

Volume discounts

Save up to

75%

per license

We can support your projects in different ways

In the beginning, building the Excel workbook for the SlideFab automation might seem daunting. Don’t worry, we can walk this path together. Here are three options:

Option A:
Software only

You will employ SlideFab on your own and if you face challenges, you will solve them yourself. Of course, you may also switch to options B or C.

Option B:
Individual support

You will employ SlideFab. Whenever you have questions, in particular with creating the Excel workbook, our team will support you.

Option C:
All-In support

This means that we will do the (heavy) lifting and create the automation for your Excel workbook and PowerPoint template for you.

Any questions, not only regarding Excel to PowerPoint automation? Feel free to reach out!

Dr. Jens Hühn
Dr. Jens Hühn
Author of SlideFab

Hello and let me welcome you at SlideFab.com.

I am the founder and creator of SlideFab.
So if you have any questions or concerns whether SlideFab is right for you, I can assist you in answering your question.

Don’t hesitate to reach out.

All the best
Jens

P.S. If you want to learn more about other things I create, visit huehn-solutions.com and acomera.com!

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

I want to convert Excel to Powerpoint. Is SlideFab right for me?

Yes. SlideFab populates PowerPoint template slides with data from Excel. SlideFab is about creating shiny slides automatically. What SlideFab offers goes way beyond mere converting Excel to PowerPoint.

My company uses a web-based surveying software (like LimeSurvey, SurveyMonkey or Qualtrics). Can SlideFab help me create PowerPoint presentations based on the results?

Yes, absolutely. In particular, when the same presentation needs to be created with different data. When there needs to be a separate result presentation per demographics, per location, per division or per person, the Excel to PowerPoint automation with SlideFab pays off.

My marketing agency needs to create dashboard slides for our clients every month with their latest KPIs. Can SlideFab help creating dashboards in PPT?

Yes, once the data is in Excel, SlideFab can help to create the individual presentations for all clients every month. This will save a ton of manual labor and also avoid human errors while copying and pasting.

We are a school and have certificates created in large numbers. My data is in Excel and the certificates are in PowerPoint. Can I do this automatically with SlideFab?

Yes, SlideFab will loop over all data, copy the certificate template and write all texts like names and grades into the template. This is easy to set up and will work like a charm.

I have a long list of testimonials in Excel and want to create individual PowerPoint slides for each one. Can SlideFab do this?

Yes, SlideFab can automatically generate individual testimonial slides based on your Excel data. By setting up a PowerPoint template with placeholders for text and images, SlideFab can loop through your list of testimonials and create a separate slide for each entry, ensuring a polished and professional result with minimal effort.

We are a manufacturing company and need to create a PowerPoint-based catalogue featuring our products every quarter. Each product page has text and images on it. We do this manually right now but it costs us so much time. Can SlideFab speed this up?

Yes, SlideFab will help to automatically create the catalogue. It will bulk create all the slides with the product names and also put the images into designated placeholders.

My job is analyst at a big consulting firm. I work so much with PowerPoint which is typically fun. But sometimes work is really repetitive when I need to create tons of PowerPoint slides based on our project results. Can SlideFab help me do this faster?

Yes, in particular when the project results have a similar slide structure with changing data. For example, when you have the same slides for different business unit, divisions or categories. Then setting up the automation with SlideFab will pay off quickly. Even if there are custom tweaks on the pages, you can automate a lot with SlideFab, for example with conditional formatting or shape conditions which help to create custom tailored slides.

Currently I have a small VBA script to copy screenshots of Excel to PowerPoint. This works well but I cannot edit screenshots in PowerPoint. Would this be possible with SlideFab?

Yes, the presentations created through SlideFab can be edited. When SlideFab writes to text boxes, creates charts or tables, then these are real PowerPoint objects. It is basically as if you created them yourself manually. So fine-tuning the created slides is piece of cake.

I have multiple store locations and need to create a PowerPoint presentation for each location with relevant data. Can SlideFab automate this?

Yes, SlideFab can generate a separate PowerPoint presentation for each store location using data from an Excel sheet. By setting up a PowerPoint template and linking it to your data, SlideFab can create customized slides for each location, ensuring that each presentation contains the relevant store-specific information.

I wanted to create PPT based on worksheet data with VBA. Is SlideFab here worth considering?

Yes, SlideFab was created for this purpose but without coding VBA and macros. So using SlideFab will be much easier and quicker than VBA.

I want to have Excel linked with PowerPoint. So when Excel changes, PowerPoint has to change, too. Can this be done with SlideFab?

SlideFab is about linking an Excel workbook with a PowerPoint template presentation. The idea in SlideFab is not that there is a live connection between a workbook and a presentation. Instead, SlideFab works more like mail merge. So it creates a copy of the template slides first and then populates shapes, tables, charts. This way SlideFab can create lots of copies of the template and fill it with different data. Like mail merge.

I need to create PowerPoint slides summarizing financial performance for different time periods. Can SlideFab do this?

Yes, SlideFab can automate the creation of financial performance slides by pulling data from an Excel sheet. Whether you need monthly, quarterly, or yearly summaries, SlideFab can populate predefined PowerPoint templates with the relevant numbers, charts, and tables, ensuring consistency and accuracy while eliminating the need for manual updates.

I want to create PowerPoints with data from multiple sheets. Can SlideFab do this?

Yes, you can pull data from multiple sheets into PowerPoint. SlideFab links to exactly one workbook. If data is coming from multiple workbooks, then these need to be integrated from the one, e.g. using formulas from one workbook to the other or better PowerQuery.

I want to paste Excel charts into existing placeholders in PPT. Can SlideFab do this?

Yes, SlideFab can insert Excel charts into predefined PowerPoint placeholders.

I need to insert multiple Excel charts into a PowerPoint report automatically. Can SlideFab do that?

Yes, SlideFab can insert multiple Excel charts into PowerPoint slides. You can define chart placeholders in a PowerPoint template and link them to the corresponding Excel charts. SlideFab will then generate a presentation where each placeholder is automatically populated with the correct chart, making it easy to create and update reports without copying and pasting manually.

I want to add text, images, and tables to slides. Can SlideFab do this?

Yes, SlideFab can insert text, images, tables, charts and much more.

Every month I need to create a report for management with the latest numbers. Is this SlideFab can help with?

Yes, SlideFab was created to automatically create recurring presentations. It can also do more than just linking Excel with PowerPoint. With the SlideFab functionality it is possible to custom-tailor the presentation each month reflecting insights from the data.

I want to create slides based on data in my SQL database. Can SlideFab help with that?

Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.

I have a CSV file (with comma-separated values) and need this in a presentation. Does SlideFab do this?

Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.

My data is in JSON and XML format and I need to populate a PowerPoint based on this. Can SlideFab help here?

Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.