PowerPoint

Overview

Create, read, and edit PowerPoint (.pptx) files programmatically using the python-pptx library. Handles slide creation, text formatting, images, tables, charts, shapes, slide layouts, and speaker notes. Works without PowerPoint installed — reads and writes the Open XML format directly.

Instructions

Setup

pip install python-pptx

The current release is 1.0.2 (August 2024). The 1.x line needs Python 3.8 or later and ships type annotations. Only .pptx files open — convert a legacy .ppt first (soffice --headless --convert-to pptx quarterly.ppt).

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