Excel to PowerPoint Automation:
Effortlessly turn your data into awesome 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

PowerPoint
Template Slide(s)

Excel
Workbook

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!

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!
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Frequently asked questions (FAQ)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, SlideFab was created for this purpose but without coding VBA and macros. So using SlideFab will be much easier and quicker than VBA.
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.
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.
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.
Yes, SlideFab can insert Excel charts into predefined PowerPoint placeholders.
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.
Yes, SlideFab can insert text, images, tables, charts and much more.
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.
Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.
Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.
Yes, however you need to get the data to Excel first. This can be achieved with the Excel feature PowerQuery.