I know this is a shot in the dark, but before I wonder down the dark alley ways of Powerpoint VBA, and try to write my own ...
I was wondering is any one had a "What Am I" macro ... which I'm thinking would be a command button or shortcut key macro that would provide context specific information about whatever the selection was.
So is a shape was selected, the macro would popup a form with information about the shape: X, Y, L, W, fill, border, name (!!!), etc.
Same for slides, placeholders, etc.
I have one for Excel but the Excel object model is a lot easier to understand
Here's hoping
Paul