PPTX creation, editing, and analysis

Overview

A .pptx file is a ZIP archive containing XML files and resources. Create, edit, or analyze PowerPoint presentations using text extraction, raw XML access, or html2pptx workflows. Apply this skill for programmatic presentation creation and modification.

Reading and analyzing content

Text extraction

To read the text contents of a presentation, convert the document to markdown:

# Convert document to markdown
python -m markitdown path-to-file.pptx

Raw XML access

Raw XML access is required for: comments, speaker notes, slide layouts, animations, design elements, and complex formatting. For any of these features, unpack a presentation and read its raw XML contents.