title: Checking Multiple Shapes in Powerpoint VBA
body: <p>thanks in advance.</p>
  
  <p>I have 44 shapes on a slide (B01 - B44) that I want to check to see if they DO NOT contain the letter "A". There are other shapes that I want to exclude from the search. I would like to do this without a bunch of "and"s but I'm somewhat new to VBA.</p>
  
  <p>Something like:</p>
  
  <pre><code>If ActivePresentation.Slides(2).Shapes("B##").TextFrame.TextRange.Text &lt;&gt; "A" Then MsgBox "No A's"
  </code></pre>