powerpoint

Is there a way to automate the generation of PowerPoint slides ?

I have a bunch of data in a database and I want to generate some tables in PowerPoint. I had started doing this manually but I thought there might be a way I can simply write some code to take my data from the database and output it onto a PowerPoint slide. Any advice here? ...

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 edit/update. So far I have been converting the .pptx file to xml and then editing and storing it back as .pptx. But the file gets corrupted...

How to delete slides from PowerPoint using c#?

I want to delete a particular slide from a PowerPoint presentation using C#. Can anyone help me out on this? ...

How add text in PowerPoint which on click is replaced by a cursor?

Everybody knows "Click to Add Title" in the first page of the PowerPoint slide - the moment you click on it, the text disappears. This is very useful feature for creating templates. Does anybody know how to mimic this behavior? Is it a standard functionality or requires some VBA code? If so how to get this effect. ...

How to programmatically read and change slide notes in PowerPoint

How do you get the Notes text from the current PowerPoint slide using C#? ...

VBA save Presentation as PDF in Handout 2x2 format Office 2007

I'm trying to save a PowerPoint presentation using VBA, and I want to save it as a .pdf in Handout format with 2x2 slides on a page. Can somebody tell me or point me to a link that tells me how to do it. I've done my homework on Google, but couldn't find it. Any help/suggestions/hints will be appreciated. I've tried searching the refere...

Bullet indents in PowerPoint 2007 compatibility mode via .NET interop issue

Hello. I've got a really difficult bug and I can't see the fix. The subject drives me insane for real for a long time. Let's consider the following scenario: 1) There is a PowerPoint 2003 presentation. It contains the only slide and the only shape, but the shape contains a text frame including a bulleted list with a random textual repr...

How To Make Selected Columns the Same Width in a PowerPoint Table?

Is there a way to programmatically make only some columns in a PowerPoint table the same width? It should be their combinded width, divided by the number of columns, but I can't figure out a way to do this. ...

How to pass PowerPoint words from slides to a txt with vba?

Is there a way to extract the words from the slides (titles and the rest) of a PowerPoint deck and write them to a txt file using VBA? ...

Naming Slide Images on Export in PowerPoint 2007

Presentation.Export(filename, "PNG", sizeX, sizeY); creates thumbnail images of all slides in the PowerPoint presentation. My problem is that the thumbnail filenames change according to the Language of PowerPoint. On an English PowerPoint, the thumbnail files are: "slide1.png", "slide2.png", etc. On Hebrew PowerPoint: שקופית1.png, שקו...

How do add a Microsoft Slider Control to a Powerpoint Slide

I am trying to add a microsoft slider control to the Powerpoint 2007 slide. But I get an offset and the slider control gets shifted to the top left corner of the screen leaving only an image on the slide. How do I go about this problem. You find the snapshot here Regards, Arjun ...

How to open a PowerPoint file with PHP

I want to be able to open a PowerPoint file with PHP and copy all the text to a different file. Is this possible or I need another language to do this? ...

How to make a progress bar in powerpoint vba?

How can I make a progress bar with PowerPoint VBA? It should be done as an animation on a slide. ...

How to create a Sub in VBA that is executed when its correspondent Add-In is loaded?

I have a subroutine in VBA that is executed when we open a PowerPoint presentation but I want to execute that Sub when an Add-in is loaded instead. How can I do that? ...

How to make a toolbar button with caption below icon using VBA?

What's missing in the following code, for the .Caption gets bellow and the icon on the top? Sub SoundLogToolbar() Dim cb As CommandBar Dim de As CommandBar Dim but As CommandBarButton Dim picPicture As IPictureDisp On Error Resume Next MkDir "C:\SoundLog\" On Error GoTo 0 On Error Resume Next ...

Loading My Own themes in VSTO Addin, PowerPoint

Hi I have Developped a VSTO Addin for office 2007> and a commandbar object model addin for same application to support office 2003. in the VSTO Version i want to publish my own Themes through my application. and whenever PowerPoint is open and my addin is loaded, i want my custom themes to come in the design gallery? is it possible to ...

C# copy image form PowerPoint to Word

I need a application to copy text and images form PowerPoint to Word. I use this libraries: Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint and Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word. The text s easy to transfer, but when I find in PowerPoint a shape containing only a image, it show this error: "A generic error occured GDI+", at this part of code: foreach ...

Text Color in PowerPoint Add-in

Does anyone know how to change the color of a selected range of text within a powerpoint add-in using C#? ...

Call was rejected by callee PowerPoint Automation

Hi, I have a commandbar model which automates powerpoint. i recently faced a strange problem that when powerpoint is opened through my application, and the data is being loaded through my application to populate the menu, if a user right clicks on powerpoint i get the error message: "Call was rejected by callee powerpoint" how do i re...

PowerPoint ExportAsFixedFormat exception

Hello, i have this code in a powerpoint addin but it's not working and giving me an exception. The exception says: "Value does not fall within expected range". Any ideas what i'm doing wrong? this.Application.ActivePresentation.ExportAsFixedFormat(path, PpFixedFormatType.ppFixedFormatTypeXPS, ...