Questions tagged [powerpoint]
PowerPoint is a Windows and Macintosh presentation program produced by Microsoft. It is primarily used to create presentations for projection. Due to the flexible nature of its canvas, it is also used for animation, e-learning, web broadcasting, business reporting and kiosk applications.
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What is a correct MIME type for .docx, .pptx, etc.?
For older *.doc documents, this was enough:
header("Content-Type: application/msword");
What MIME type should I use for new .docx documents? Also, for pptx and xlsx documents?
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How to name an object within a PowerPoint slide?
So I know how to name a textbox, or a like object in PowerPoint with VB, but I was wondering if there was a way to name objects through the Ribbon (PowerPoint 2007). For instance, if I add a text box ...
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Embed a PowerPoint presentation into HTML
Is it possible to embed a PowerPoint presentation (.ppt) into a webpage (.xhtml)?
This will be used on a local intranet where there is a mix of Internet Explorer 6 and Internet ...
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How to: C# source with syntax highlighting on PowerPoint slides
I would like to show some C# source code in a PowerPoint presentation. But how can I copy the code including the syntax highlighting onto the slides? I could make screenshots, but that has some ...
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Creating PowerPoint presentations programmatically
Is there a way to programmatically create PowerPoint presentations? If possible, I'd like to use C# and create PowerPoint 2003 presentations.
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PPT to PNG with transparent background
I have a PowerPoint .ppt file and I have to create an image for every slide.
I'm trying to use the integrated PowerPoint "export as .png".
It works but the images have all a opaque background, I need ...
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powerpoint loop a series of animation
I am currently working on a slide with an animation of sunrise to sunset as a background.
Then there are some pictures fade in and fade out.
Now, I am having difficult to loop the series of animation ...
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Make just one slide different size in Powerpoint
Making a powerpoint that's supposed to show a before and after of a website. Since it's currently a long website I'd rather make a single long slide to put it on (20" instead of 7.5"). But all the ...
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Programmatically extracting slides as images from a PowerPoint presentation (.PPT) [closed]
Given a PowerPoint presentation in .ppt format, what is the best way to programmatically and using only open source software extract an image representation (in say .jpg or .png) of each slide in the ...
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How to convert from Powerpoint to HTML / CSS ? (FOSS) [closed]
Someone has mocked up a website using PowerPoint, and I have to convert it to HTML / CSS.
This is not a request to simply embed PowerPoint into the webpages. This will not be a static HTML site. PHP ...
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R: Function to export currently active R plot to Powerpoint/Word/LibreOffice
Currently I always export my R graphs to Powerpoint in vector format using the excellent ReporteRs package, as in
library(ReporteRs)
myplot = function() print(qplot(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length, data = ...
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VBA error 1004 - select method of range class failed
First time poster, so if there is any formatting, or guidelines I failed to adhere to, please let me know so that I can fix it.
So I am basically asking the user for the file directory of the excel ...
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Animated slides conversion to static PDF
For all of you, people who make ppt slides with animations like:
Showing bullet points one by one
Showing images one by one or zooming a plot
Showing a border on an active element
Internal navigation ...
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What is the best presentation tool for technical stuff?
While recently exploring prezi I realized there have to be better tools than PowerPoint for presenting something, especially technical stuff.
What differentiates technical stuff from other stuff in ...
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Diff for Powerpoint
In Word, there is an option to compare two documents and find out the differences between the two documents. I'm looking for a similar function to compare two Powerpoint documents. Ideally, it would ...
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When to use TextFrame or TextFrame2 in VBA
Example, in Powerpoint:
The TextFrame object:
Represents the text frame in a Shape object. Contains the text in the
text frame and the properties and methods that control the alignment
and ...
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Embed a Powerpoint in a Web Page
Is there any way to embed a PowerPoint slide show in an HTML page using just the standard tags etc? I tried using a iframe, but that just results in the PowerPoint being downloaded.
<iframe src="...
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Generate PowerPoint 2007/2010 file using Java
Does anyone know of any API (commercial or open-source) that can generate/edit PowerPoint 2007/2010 presentations through Java. I have a template in the PowerPoint 2007/2010 format that I require to ...
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How do I hyperlink to a specific slide of a .ppt file?
I want to link to a specific slide in an online PowerPoint file, (e.g. http://www.example.com/hello.ppt) but what I want is that when people click on my link, it goes straight to the nth slide.
Is ...
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How to convert a .pptx to .pdf using Python
I have been looking to convert a .pptx file to a .pdf file through a Python script for several hours but nothing seems to be working.
What I have tried: I have tried 1) this script which calls ...
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Renaming Objects in PowerPoint
Probably a very stupid question but I can't figure how to rename an object in PowerPoint.. For example, all my Graphs are called by default "Graph 1" etc.
Could someone help me on that?
Thanks!
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Dynamically link images to actual files [closed]
Right now, when I insert an image into a slide, powerpoint keeps a copy of it and doesn't change the image when the parent file on disk changes.
How do I link an image to the file on disk so that ...
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Fail: AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Container'
I try to start python-pptx, but I have Error:
AttributeError: module 'collections' has no attribute 'Container'
in File "...\lib\site-packages\pptx_init_.py", line 14
Use Python 3.10, ...
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Creating Professional Looking Powerpoints in R
Is there a good way to use data from R and a package like ReporteRs to generate complete Powerpoints?
I have about 900 slides to create. Our analysts currently follow this path:
DB --> SAS --> CSV -->...
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Convert Videos with FFMPEG to PowerPoint 2016 compatible video format [closed]
I am trying to convert a bunch of videos to a video format that is natively supported by PowerPoint 2013/2016 on a Windows 7 system.
Microsoft recommends on their website mp4 with h264 and aac.
Video ...
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python inserts pictures to powerpoint, how to set the width and height of the picture?
New to python-pptx package.
https://python-pptx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
Would like to insert pictures to powerpoint.
How can I set the width and height of the picture?
Code I have now:
from pptx ...
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How to invoke an action during powerpoint slideshow programmatically?
I am automating a Powerpoint scenario using Coded UI & VSTO. In my powerpoint presentation I have created an 'Action' setting on a shape to launch notepad. During slideshow I need to invoke this ...
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How to auto advance a PowerPoint slide after an exit animation is over?
PowerPoint entrance animation set up with "Start: With Previous" starts right when a new slide is advanced. However, if you set up an exit animation in the same way, it doesn't start with a slide ...
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Make a PowerPoint presentation using Python?
So I have a collection of close to 90 photographs along with a caption and the date stored in a text file. The images are of variable sizes and I would like to automate the procedure of converting ...
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C# - way to programmatically advance Powerpoint slide show?
I'd like to be able to advance through a Powerpoint presentation by pressing buttons in a Windows form. Here's some code I've found from http://bytes.com/topic/c-sharp/answers/272940-open-powerpoint-...
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VSTO custom taskpane on multi DPI system shows content twice
I am building an office addin using VSTO. On systems with multiple monitors with different DPI settings, the contents of my custom task pane is drawn twice on the monitor with the higher DPI settings:
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Powerpoint viewer for react?
I searched a lot for this but couldn't find any package or a guide on how to view a ".ppt" file on a webpage using react.js.
I'm allowing the user to upload a ".ppt" file, and I want him to be able ...
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Create Powerpoint with JavaScript
JavaScript cannot create files locally on the clients filesystem. However, I am wondering, if it is possible to somehow create a Powerpoint MIME in a web page (a div or a iframe) from some JSON and ...
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Editable plots in PowerPoint from python: equivalent of officer and rvg
I am using the officer and rvg packages to get plots from R into MS PowerPoint as editable vector graphics. Reproducible example below.
I am looking for a way to implement an equivalent solution with ...
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Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint? [closed]
Are there any good alternatives for Visio/PowerPoint for drawing architectural diagrams. Both Visio and PowerPoint are annoying to use even for some of the simplest tasks. wondering if someone out ...
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Edit a .ppam file for customizing an add-in
I was provided an add-in for powerpoint as a .ppam file and another add-in for Excel as .xslm file. The add-in's work great, but I would like to customize them with some internal requirements.
My ...
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Extracting text from multiple powerpoint files using python
I am trying to find a way to look in a folder and search the contents of all of the powerpoint documents within that folder for specific strings, preferably using Python. When those strings are found, ...
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How to convert pptx files to jpg or png (for each slide) on linux?
I want to convert a powerpoint presentation to multiple images. I already installed LibreOffice on my server and converting docx to pdf is no problem. pptx to pdf conversion does not work. I used ...
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How to get power point slide dimension using vba?
I am working on one project. In which i want to find out " Is my textbox going out of slide or not?" . If yes then show error msg.
so my logic is if i found the dimension of the slide then i will use ...
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Export from PowerPoint to animated gif? [closed]
Is it possible to export a picture with custom animation from PowerPoint to an animated gif?
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embedding a R animated 3D plot in PowerPoint
The rgl R package allows to plot interactive 3D figures and to save these figures in a html document (with the writeWebGL() function).
I would like to put such an interactive 3D figure in a ...
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Bind or merge multiple powerpoints in r
I have been using officer package to create the respective PowerPoint decks, however at this moment, i would like to merge/ bind them all as one slide deck and was not able to figure out. Can someone ...
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Why can't third party controls be added to custom ribbon in Office PowerPoint via customUI.xml
We are trying to put third-party add-in controls onto a custom ribbon via our add-in.
1) Customization via modifying the PowerPoint.officeUI is working:
<mso:customUI
xmlns:x1="...
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Converting PPT to SVG using Microsoft Office 2010 PIA
I'm trying to convert a powerpoint presentation to seperate svg files (1 for each slide), Is it possible to do so by using the Microsoft Office 2010 PIA ?
If so, then is there any tutorial on using ...
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SDK to Read PPT , xls and .doc file in iOS
In my application i need to launch ppt , xls, pdf files. i am sure, iOS Framework support to view PDF files without launching any other application, but is there any way to open ppt , xls doc , if yes ...
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Application.Quit() method failing to clear process
I've seen a lot of posts returned from a Google search about this, but none of the solutions referenced in them clear this up for me. So, I thought I'd try myself.
After this block of code:
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Using C# & Powerpoint OpenXML, is it possible to change the font size and color of text
I am using openXML and C# to generate a powerpoint slide but I can't seem to figure out how to change / set the text size and color. Is this possible and are there any example as I can't seem to find ...
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Modifying existing corporate powerpoint template for use in rmarkdown: Could not find shape for Powerpoint content
I have an existing corporate powerpoint template that I must use. What must I change in the template so that I can use it in rmarkdown? I'm currently getting "Could not find shape for Powerpoint ...
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Embed PowerPoint Viewer in C# Win Form
Is it possible to Embed a PowerPoint Viewer into a C# Windows Form?
I am currently use the following code:
objApp = new PowerPoint.Application();
//objApp.Visible = MsoTriState.msoTrue;
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Access PowerPoint chart in C#
I have a problem in a C# project. In fact, I created a PowerPoint add-in and I want to generate charts on slides.
I created a slide with:
using PowerPoint = Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint;
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