Cmdlet

Set-OfficePowerPointPlaceholderText

Aliases: PptPlaceholderText

Module: PSWriteOffice
Aliases: PptPlaceholderText
Inputs: OfficeIMO.PowerPoint.PowerPointSlide
Outputs: OfficeIMO.PowerPoint.PowerPointTextBox
Source: SetOfficePowerPointPlaceholderTextCommand.cs:24 Edit on GitHub

Sets text in a slide placeholder.

Syntax

Set-OfficePowerPointPlaceholderText
[-IgnoreMissing]
[-Index <UInt32>]
[-PassThru]
-PlaceholderType <PowerPointPlaceholderType>
[-Slide <PowerPointSlide>]
-Text <String>
[<CommonParameters>]

Parameter set: All Parameter Sets

Examples

Set the title placeholder text.

New-OfficePowerPoint -Path .\Examples\Documents\PowerPointPlaceholderText.pptx {
    $slide = Add-OfficePowerPointSlide -Layout 1 -PassThru
    Set-OfficePowerPointPlaceholderText -Slide $slide -PlaceholderType Title -Text 'Agenda'
    Set-OfficePowerPointPlaceholderText -Slide $slide -PlaceholderType Body -Text 'Review signals and decisions' -IgnoreMissing
}

Updates placeholder text when the selected layout exposes matching placeholders.

Parameters

-IgnoreMissing SwitchParameter optional: Ignore missing placeholders.
-Index UInt32 optional: Optional placeholder index.
-PassThru SwitchParameter optional: Emit the placeholder textbox after update.
-PlaceholderType PowerPointPlaceholderType requiredaliases: Type: Placeholder type to target.; Possible values: Title, Body, CenteredTitle, SubTitle, DateAndTime, SlideNumber, Footer, Header, Object, Chart, Table, ClipArt, Diagram, Media, SlideImage, Picture
-Slide PowerPointSlide optionalpipeline: True (ByValue): Slide to update (optional inside DSL).
-Text String required: Text to set.

Common Parameters

This command supports the common parameters: -Debug, -ErrorAction, -ErrorVariable, -InformationAction, -InformationVariable, -OutVariable, -OutBuffer, -PipelineVariable, -Verbose, -WarningAction, and -WarningVariable.

For more information, see about_CommonParameters.