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Character count for PowerPoint files

Anonymous
2021-02-22T19:29:07+00:00

Looking for a (preferably painless) way to get a character count for PowerPoint files. Note, not a word count but a character count.

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-02-23T15:45:26+00:00

    Have to admit I've never worked with macros. I've found some tutorials for creating them, but I don't know what to enter for the actual code. Any help? I've done a lot of searching online, but haven't found a code to count all characters on the slides and notes sections of the decks.

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  2. John Korchok 231.6K Reputation points Volunteer Moderator
    2021-02-22T22:04:27+00:00

    That's not a built-in capability of PowerPoint. It would be possible if you wrote a VBA macro to do it.

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  3. Steve Rindsberg 99,161 Reputation points MVP Volunteer Moderator
    2021-02-23T18:45:54+00:00

    Getting a count of characters in text boxes and notes isn't too complex.

    Getting a count of characters in shapes that are in groups ... trickier, but do-able.

    A count of characters in SmartArt, Charts, Graphics, embedded objects and all the other "stuff" that might be on a slide?

    Got a year to spare? ;-)

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