ReplaceMagic.PowerPoint is used by IT staff to fix broken links in your Powerpoint documents when server gets renamed, to change header/footer when for example contact details are changed, by translators and other people who need to do massive search/replace in Powerpoint documents.
ReplaceMagic allows you to make scans and search&replace anywhere on your network where you have access from computer where ReplaceMagic is installed but also on your SharePoint.
To use ReplaceMagic, create list of search/replace pairs and specify where in the document it should be found. Then you tell it which folders to process and it is it - it can not be more simple! Use it for...
Performing server consolidations where document links need updating
Server renaming or replacement where document links need updating
... and more
Supported File Formats
- .ppt, .pps, .pot – PowerPoint 97–2003 binary formats
- .pptx, .potx, .ppsx – PowerPoint 2007–2019 and Microsoft 365
- .pptm, .potm, .ppsm – macro-enabled presentation formats
- All formats: Office 2000–2019 and Microsoft 365
Document Areas Processed
- Hyperlinks and action links
- OLE object links (embedded Excel charts, linked media)
- Embedded file references
- Slide action button links
- Headers and footers
- Text body content (including table cells)
Common Use Cases
- Fix broken hyperlinks in PowerPoint presentations after server migration
- Repair OLE object links (embedded Excel charts, linked media) after storage changes
- Update company address or contact details in slide footers across hundreds of presentations
- Fix embedded file references after folder restructuring
- Repair action button links pointing to old file paths
Key Features
- Processes all PowerPoint formats including legacy .ppt and modern .pptx
- Note: line breaks in replacement strings are removed automatically for PowerPoint to prevent file corruption
- Handles table content in PowerPoint (including links embedded within table cells)
- Multi-threaded parallel processing
- Works with SharePoint-stored presentations natively
- Search and replace inside the headers and footers of multiple sections
- Search and replace inside hyperlinks and hyperlink addresses
- Search and replace UNC link paths
- Search Only mode - very handy for detecting where replaces would occur
- Search and replace international character sets
- Handles any number of sub folders
- Handles documents with password for open or modify
- Easy to install/uninstall
- The original file date and time stamp will be preserved.
Supported extensions:
Microsoft PowerPoint-Presentation (*.ppt,*.pps,*.pot,*.pptx,*.pptm,*.potx,*.potm,*.ppsx,*.ppsm)
Supported PowerPoint versions: 2000-2013 and most of the features in 2016/2019/Office 365
Requirements: ReplaceMagic needs .NET 4.8.0 or higher so any OS supporting that will work for ReplaceMagic
