GeneratePPT - PowerShell Script for Automating PowerPoint Image Insertion

📌 Overview

GeneratePPT is a PowerShell script designed to automate the process of adding images to an existing PowerPoint template file. This is particularly useful for generating look-books, presentations, or any document requiring consistent image placement. The script skips the first slide and inserts images onto the subsequent slides, ensuring that the number of slides matches the number of images.

✨ Features

• ✅ Automatically inserts images into an existing PowerPoint template.
• ✅ Skips the first slide (assumed to be a title slide).
• ✅ Supports JPG, JPEG, and PNG image formats.
• ✅ Creates additional slides dynamically if the number of images exceeds the template's available slides.
• ✅ Displays progress and error messages via console output and message boxes.

🔧 Requirements

• 🖥️ Windows operating system with Microsoft PowerPoint installed.
• ⚡ PowerShell with COM object support enabled.
• 📂 A PowerPoint template file (.pptx).
• 🖼️ A folder containing the images to be inserted.

📥 Installation

1. Ensure PowerPoint is installed on your system.
2. Save the script file as GeneratePPT.ps1.
3. Update the script variables to match your file paths:
   • $TemplatePath - Path to the PowerPoint template file.
   • $OutputPath - Path where the new PowerPoint file will be saved.
   • $ImageFolder - Folder containing the images.

🚀 Usage

1. Place your PowerPoint template in the specified location.
2. Store the images you want to insert in the designated folder.
3. Run the PowerShell script:

   .\GeneratePPT.ps1

4. The script will process the images, insert them into the slides, and save the final presentation at the specified output location.
5. A confirmation message box will appear upon successful completion.

⚙️ Configuration

• Modify the $Left, $Top, $Width, and $Height variables in the script to adjust image positioning and size on the slides.
• Change the $PowerPoint.Visible value to 0 if you want to run the script in a hidden PowerPoint session.

🛠️ Error Handling

• ❌ If the template file is missing, the script will throw an error.
• ❌ If an image file is missing, it will be logged in the console output.
• ❌ If more images exist than slides, the script dynamically adds slides.

📌 Example

If you have a template with 40 slides and 4 images in C:\Users\brbal\New\new-images, running the script will:

1. Open the template.
2. Skip the first slide.
3. Insert each image onto a new slide.
4. Save the modified presentation as C:\Users\brbal\New\Newoutput.ppt.
5. Display a success message.

🧑‍💻 Author

Billy R Baldwin
📅 January 28, 2025