Here’s a short, engaging piece you can use in a slide, script, or speaker note for a presentation titled Slide Title: PowerPoint Random Number Generator No Macros. No Add-ins. Just Math. Body Text (for slide): The Trick: Use a combination of built-in functions to simulate a random number.

If you just need one static random number, use Excel’s RANDBETWEEN , then paste it as a value into your slide.

Sub RandomNumber() ActivePresentation.Slides(1).Shapes("TextBox1").TextFrame.TextRange.Text = Int((100 - 1 + 1) * Rnd + 1) End Sub “Did you know PowerPoint doesn’t have a native ‘random number generator’ button? But you can still build one.