Create Complete PowerPoint Presentations

Programmatically create complete PowerPoint^® presentations

You can create a complete PowerPoint presentation with the PPT API. Creating a complete presentation programmatically allow you to use different templates for the same content. To get started, see Create a Presentation Programmatically.

Functions

`getMasterNames`	Get names of slide masters for presentation
`getLayoutNames`	Get names of layouts for presentation slide master
`getTableStyleNames`	Get table style names for presentation
`find`	Search a presentation
`add`	Add text box, table, or picture to slide
`replace`	Replace text, tables, or pictures in a slide
`find`	Search slide for content
`add`	Add paragraphs to content placeholder
`replace`	Replace content placeholder or content
`add`	Add paragraph to text box
`replace`	Replace text box paragraphs
`add`	Add content to text box placeholder
`replace`	Replace text box placeholder content
`replace`	Replace table placeholder with table
`replace`	Replace picture placeholder with picture
`pptview`	Open Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or convert it to PDF
`rptview`	Display report or presentation

Classes

`mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation`	Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation container
`mlreportgen.ppt.Slide`	Presentation slide
`mlreportgen.ppt.ContentPlaceholder`	Placeholder for slide content
`mlreportgen.ppt.TextBoxPlaceholder`	Placeholder for slide title
`mlreportgen.ppt.PicturePlaceholder`	Placeholder for slide picture
`mlreportgen.ppt.TablePlaceholder`	Placeholder for slide table
`mlreportgen.ppt.TextBox`	Text box
`mlreportgen.ppt.Paragraph`	Formatted block of text (paragraph)
`mlreportgen.ppt.Text`	Text to include in a presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.ExternalLink`	Hyperlink to location outside of presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.Picture`	Create picture to include in presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.Table`	Table in presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableRow`	Table row
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableEntry`	Table entry
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColSpec`	Formatting for table column
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColWidth`	Table column width

Examples and How To

Create a Presentation Programmatically

Use the MATLAB API for PowerPoint (PPT API) to generate a presentation.

Create a Presentation Generator

Create a MATLAB^® program to generate a PowerPoint presentation.

Set Up a PowerPoint Template

When you use an existing PowerPoint presentation as a template for a PPT API presentation, the content from the template presentation appears in the new PPT API presentation.

Add Slides

To add a slide to a presentation, use the PPT API to add slide based on a slide layout defined in the PowerPoint presentation template.

Add and Replace Presentation Content

To use the PPT API to add, or replace, content in a PowerPoint presentation:

Create and Format Text

You can create a Text object using an mlreportgen.ppt.Text constructor, specifying a character vector.

Create and Format Paragraphs

To create a Paragraph object, use the mlreportgen.ppt.Paragraph constructor.

Create and Format Tables

Create a table using an mlreportgen.ppt.Table object.

Create and Format Pictures

To create a picture for a presentation, use the mlreportgen.ppt.Picture constructor.

Create and Format Links

To create a link to a location outside of a presentation, use the mlreportgen.ppt.ExternalLink constructor.

Update Presentation Content Programmatically

You can use the PPT API to update content programmatically in an existing PowerPoint presentation.

Concepts

Presentation Formatting Approaches

Format a presentation by using style sheets, format objects, or format properties.

Featured Examples

Generate a Presentation From the Results of a MATLAB Application

Use the PPT API to generate a PowerPoint presentation about modeling the U.S. population.

Open Live Script

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