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PowerPoint Lorem Ipsum Scanner
Find Placeholder Text Before You Send

Lorem ipsum in slide 12. [INSERT CLIENT NAME] in the hero. TBD on the financials. Every deck has them — Lorem Ipsum Hunter finds every placeholder before your client does. A 10-second QC scan that catches what spell-check misses.

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20+ patterns

Lorem · TBD · TK · [INSERT] · DRAFT

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Per-slide report

Slide number + exact matched text

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Zero upload

Scanned entirely in browser

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Free

No account required

Lorem IpsumTBD / TK[INSERT …][CLIENT …]DRAFTFIXME
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Drop your .pptx to scan

or click to browse

Read-only scan — your original file is never modified

What this tool actually does

← drag handle to compare  ·  left = before  ·  right = after →

✕ Before
  • Slide 2Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet...
  • Slide 3[INSERT CLIENT NAME HERE]
  • Slide 3TBD
✓ After
  • QC report3 instances flagged
  • Slides affected2 of 3
  • Exportlorem-hunter-report.txt
📖 How this tool works · Tips · Browser Privacy

Lorem Hunter — How it works

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    Slide enumeration

    JSZip opens the PPTX locally. Each ppt/slides/slide*.xml is read in sequence — the tool processes every slide regardless of whether it's hidden, a blank layout, or a full content slide.

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    Text run merging + pattern sweep

    PPTX text is split into many <a:r><a:t> fragments. mergeTextNodes() joins consecutive runs per paragraph before applying 20+ regex patterns: Lorem ipsum variants, TBD/TK/TBA, [INSERT...], [YOUR...], [CLIENT...], DRAFT, FIXME, PLACEHOLDER, and more.

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    Per-slide QC report

    Each match is returned with slide number, the matched text, and surrounding context (±30 characters). The report groups by slide and shows a total issue count. If zero issues are found, a green "All clear" confirmation is shown.

Placeholder patterns detected

Lorem ipsumTBD / TBATK / [TK][INSERT...][YOUR NAME][CLIENT NAME][DATE][COMPANY NAME]DRAFTFIXMEPLACEHOLDER[FILL IN]N/A (template)###XXX[ ] empty brackets…todo…Coming soon

Tips

  • → Run Lorem Hunter as the last step in your pre-send workbench — after metadata wiping and PII scrubbing — so you catch content issues before delivery.
  • → Click any flagged slide row to expand and see the exact matched text with context — confirm it's a real placeholder, not a product name that matches a pattern.
  • → "All clear" on this tool combined with zero issues on PII Scrubber and Metadata Wiper = a deck that's safe to send.
  • → Share the QC report with your team or client by exporting it as text — evidence that quality checks were performed.

Privacy & data security

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Zero upload

No file ever sent to a server

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Works offline

After first page load

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No telemetry

Slide content never logged

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GDPR safe

No data processor needed

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Who uses Lorem Ipsum Hunter

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Design & Creative Agencies

Agencies delivering branded presentation templates use Lorem Hunter to verify client-ready assets are fully populated. Template decks often retain Lorem ipsum in placeholder text boxes long after designers have finished the design layer.

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Marketing & Comms Teams

Marketing teams working from master template libraries regularly have [CAMPAIGN NAME], [QUARTER], and [INSERT STAT] placeholders that trail into final decks. Lorem Hunter runs in 10 seconds and catches everything before the CMO sees it.

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Proposal & RFP Writers

Consultants who reuse proposal templates across clients risk leaving [CLIENT NAME] or [INSERT PROJECT COST] placeholders in submissions. A single Lorem Hunter scan before bid submission eliminates this career-ending embarrassment.

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Investor Relations & Finance

IR teams preparing quarterly earnings decks use Lorem Hunter as a final QC gate before board distribution. Financial slide decks with TBD revenue figures or draft watermarks reaching institutional investors can trigger market perception issues.

Lorem Hunter vs manual checking

No other dedicated online tool scans PowerPoint presentations for placeholder text. Lorem Hunter is the only purpose-built PPTX QC scanner for this use case.

Method DeckMedic Lorem Hunter PowerPoint Find (Ctrl+F) Manual visual review
Time for 50-slide deck < 10 seconds2–5 min (per pattern)15–30 minutes
Catches all 20+ patterns at once ✅ One scan❌ One pattern at a time⚠️ Depends on reviewer
Handles split XML text runs ✅ mergeTextNodes()✅ PowerPoint renders first✅ Visual
Exact match location (slide number) ✅ Every slide indexed✅ Navigate match by match⚠️ Manual note-taking
Works in browser without install ✅ Yes❌ Requires desktop PowerPoint❌ Requires PowerPoint
Scans hidden slides ✅ All slides✅ Yes⚠️ Must know to look
Audit log of findings ✅ Exportable report❌ None❌ None

Frequently asked questions

How do I find lorem ipsum text in my PowerPoint?
Drop the PPTX into DeckMedic's Lorem Ipsum Hunter. It scans every slide XML, merges split text runs, then checks 20+ placeholder patterns including Lorem ipsum, TBD, TK, [INSERT...], DRAFT, FIXME, and custom bracket patterns. Results show exact slide numbers and matched text.
What is TK and TBD in a presentation?
TK is a journalist's placeholder meaning "to come" — used in drafts to mark where content will be inserted. TBD means "to be determined". Both are common in template-based decks and editorial workflows. Lorem Hunter flags TK, [TK], TBD, [TBD], and TBA as placeholder patterns.
How can I check my presentation for placeholder text?
Use DeckMedic's Lorem Ipsum Hunter — it takes under 10 seconds to scan a 100-slide deck and returns an indexed report with every match. It covers over 20 patterns including lorem ipsum variants, TBD/TK, [INSERT], bracket-style placeholders, DRAFT watermarks, and FIXME comments.
What happens if a client receives a presentation with Lorem ipsum?
Lorem ipsum signals poor quality control, and in competitive environments it can cost you the deal. In regulated industries (financial services, law, healthcare) a deck with DRAFT or placeholder content distributed externally can trigger compliance reviews. A 10-second scan prevents all of this.
Does Lorem Hunter scan speaker notes too?
The current version scans visible slide text (ppt/slides/*.xml). For speaker notes content, use PII Scrubber which processes ppt/notesSlides/*.xml. A unified scan across both slides and notes is planned for a future Station 1 update.