Presentation Formatting
Specify presentation formatting by using a PowerPoint® presentation template, along with PPT API format objects and properties. See Presentation Formatting Approaches.
Functions
getMasterNames
| Get names of slide masters for presentation |
getLayoutNames
| Get names of layouts for presentation slide master |
open
| Open presentation |
close
| Close presentation |
pptview | Open Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or convert it to PDF |
rptview | Display report or presentation |
mlreportgen.ppt.getDefaultNumberFormat | Get default formatting for PPT API numeric data (Since R2024b) |
mlreportgen.ppt.setDefaultNumberFormat | Set default formatting of numeric data generated by PPT API (Since R2024b) |
Classes
Topics
- Presentation Formatting Approaches
Format a presentation by using style sheets, format objects, or format properties.
- Set Up a PowerPoint Presentation Template
A PowerPoint template specifies the fixed content and default layout and appearance of the slides in a presentation.
- Access PowerPoint Template Elements
The PPT API uses PowerPoint presentations as templates to generate presentations.
- Presentation Format Inheritance
The PPT API allows you to use a PowerPoint template and PPT API format objects and properties to format presentation objects.
- Define a Style Using Format Objects
Create an array of formats, such as color, font family, and font size, that specify the appearance of a paragraph or other content object.
- Use Format Properties
Most PPT API presentation objects (such as a
Paragraphobject) include properties that you can use to set the format of the content of an object.
