Updating titles, filters, and base counts across slides can take a lot of time. With dynamic text in PowerPoint reports, you can automate those updates using smart bookmarks. These are small placeholders that pull live data into your report. Each time you refresh or export, your slide text updates automatically.
Why Use Dynamic Text in PowerPoint Reports?
Dynamic text replaces fixed labels with live content. Instead of typing a department name or base count by hand, the system inserts it for you and keeps it current.
In Survey Automator, dynamic text is powered by smart text bookmarks available in the Reports tab. You can add them to titles, subtitles, or page text by pressing Ctrl + Space or clicking the bookmark icon. The text updates instantly when your filters, report variables, or audience selections change.
Why Use Dynamic Text in Reports?
Dynamic text keeps your PowerPoint and dashboard reports accurate and consistent without manual editing. It helps you:
● Save time: No need to rewrite titles or notes after every export.
● Stay consistent: Every slide updates with the correct filters and base sizes.
● Personalize reports: Automatically show the right department, country, or audience segment.
● Reduce errors: Eliminate outdated labels and mismatched captions.
This is especially useful for teams running multi-segment or multi-country surveys where each group’s results appear in its own report version.
How Smart Bookmarks Power Dynamic Text in PowerPoint Reports
Smart bookmarks work like live tags that pull information from your report. Here is just a few of all of our bookmarks you can use to automate PowerPoint text:
1. Multiple-Select Question Bookmark
Path: Variables → Multiple select
Use this bookmark to add a standard text when a multiple-select question appears.
Example: “Multiple Select”
This applies automatically across all slides linked to multi-select questions.
2. Positive / Negative / Neutral Answers
Path: Variables → Positive answers / Negative answers / Neutral answers
Show which responses are considered positive, neutral, or negative.
Example: “Positive answers: Satisfied + Very satisfied.”
3. Scale Headers (Left / Right)
Path: Variables → Scale header left / Scale header right
Show the endpoints of a scale question, such as: “Left: Very dissatisfied” and “Right: Very satisfied.”
Perfect for rating or agreement scales.
4. Driver Variable Value (+Parent)
Path: Driver → Variable value / Variable value parent
When producing multiple reports, use this to show which report you are viewing.
Example: “Developers (IT)” or “Marketing (Global).”
This makes sure each export clearly identifies its segment.
5. Base Count
Path: Page statistics → Base count
Add the respondent count automatically.
Example: “Base: 482”
It updates whenever your data changes, so you never need to edit it manually.
6. Filter Description Text
Path: Filter → Filter variable or Filter → Applied filter
Show which filters are active on a page.
Examples:
● Filter variable: “Age group: 18–27.”
● Applied filter: “IT (Developers), Age group (18–27).”
This helps readers understand exactly what group or filters are being shown.
Example: Automating Department Reports
Imagine you’re reporting results for different departments and regions. Dynamic text bookmarks handle the details automatically:
● Driver Variable Bookmark: Shows “Sales — Europe.”
● Filter Bookmark: Displays “Age Group: 25–34.”
● Base Count Bookmark: Updates “Base: 427 respondents.”
● Scale Headers: Display “Very dissatisfied to Very satisfied.”
Every export stays correct without manual edits, even across dozens of audiences. Perfect for automating multiple reports.
FAQ
1. What is dynamic text in PowerPoint reports?
It’s live text that updates automatically using smart bookmarks when data, filters, or report variables change.
2. Can I combine multiple bookmarks?
Yes. You can use as many bookmarks as you want, you can for example show the base in the footer and filter variable in the header.
3. Do dynamic text bookmarks work in exports?
Yes. Dynamic text updates automatically in PowerPoint and Excel exports from Survey Automator.
4. Can I add my own custom text?
Yes. Combine fixed text with bookmarks for clarity, such as “Base: {Base} respondents.”
5. Where can I manage these bookmarks?
Click Page Texts in the Reports tab to open the text editor window. There you’ll find fields like Title Row 1, Footer Center, and others. Press Ctrl + Space or click the bookmark icon to insert bookmarks where you want them.
Save Hours with Dynamic Text in Reports
Dynamic text in PowerPoint reports helps you keep exports accurate, consistent, and personalized without manual editing. By using smart bookmarks in Survey Automator, every title, filter, and base count updates automatically whenever your data changes.
👉 See it in action: Browse our PowerPoint report templates and discover how dynamic text makes reporting faster and easier.