mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink Class

Namespace: mlreportgen.ppt
Superclasses: mlreportgen.ppt.Text

Hyperlink to a slide in a presentation

Since R2021a

Description

Use an object of the mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink class to link from one slide to another slide in a presentation.

The mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink class is a handle class.

Class Attributes

ConstructOnLoad	true
HandleCompatible	true

For information on class attributes, see Class Attributes.

Creation

Description

internalLinkObj = mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink creates an empty InternalLink object.

internalLinkObj = mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink(targetSlideName,linkText) creates an InternalLink object with the Target property set to targetSlideName and the Content property set to linkText.

internalLinkObj = mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink(targetSlideIndex,linkText) creates an InternalLink object with the Target property set to targetSlideIndex and the Content property set to linkText.

Properties

Target — Target slide for hyperlink

[] (default) | integer | character vector | string scalar

Target slide of the hyperlink, specified as an integer, character vector, or string scalar. Use an integer to indicate the index of the target slide. Use a character vector or string scalar to indicate the name of the target slide.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Content — Link text

'' (default) | character vector | string scalar

Link text, specified as a character vector or string scalar.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Bold — Whether to use bold for link text

[] (default) | true | false

Whether to use bold for the link text, specified as true or false. A setting of true renders text in bold.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: logical

Font — Font family for link text

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Font family for the link text, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Specify a font that appears in the font list in Microsoft^® PowerPoint^®. To see the font list, in PowerPoint, on the Home tab, in the Font group, click the arrow to the right of the font.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

ComplexScriptFont — Font family for complex scripts

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Font family for complex scripts, specified as a character vector or string scalar. Specify a font family to use when substituting in a locale that requires a complex script, such as Arabic or Asian, to render text.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

FontColor — Font color for link text

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Font color for the link text, specified as a character vector or string scalar that consists of a CSS color name or hexadecimal RGB value.

• For a list of CSS color names, see https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords.

• To specify a hexadecimal RGB format, use # as the first character and two-digit hexadecimal numbers for the red, green, and blue values. For example, '#0000ff' specifies blue.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

FontSize — Font size for link text

[] (default) | character vector | string scalar

Font size for the link text, specified as a character vector or string scalar that consists of a number followed by a unit of measurement. For example, '11pt' specifies 11 points. Valid abbreviations are:

• "px" — pixels

• "cm" — centimeters

• "in" — inches

• "mm" — millimeters

• "pc" — picas

• "pt" — points

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Italic — Whether to use italic for link text

[] (default) | true | false

Whether to use italic for the link text, specified as true or false. A setting of true renders text in italic.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: logical

Strike — Strikethrough style for link text

[] (default) | 'single' | 'none' | 'double'

Strikethrough style for the link text, specified as one of these values:

• 'single' — Single horizontal line

• 'none' — No strikethrough line

• 'double' — Double horizontal line

Subscript — Whether to display link text as a subscript

[] (default) | true | false

Whether to display the link text as a subscript, specified as true or false. A setting of true renders text as a subscript.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: logical

Superscript — Whether to display link text as a superscript

[] (default) | true | false

Whether to display the link text as a superscript, specified as true or false. A setting of true renders text as a superscript.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: logical

Underline — This property is ignored

[] (default)

This property is ignored.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Style — Link text formatting

[] (default) | cell array of PPT format objects

Link text formatting, specified as a cell array of PPT format objects.

Add format objects by concatenating the existing value of the Style property with a cell array that contains the format objects that you are adding. For example:

link = mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink(3,'link text');
link.Style = [link.Style {Bold(true)}];

See Presentation Formatting Approaches.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Parent — Parent of mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object

PPT API object

Parent of this object, specified as a PPT API object. A PPT API object must only have one parent.

Attributes:

SetAccess	private
NonCopyable	true

Children — This property is ignored

not applicable

The class ignores this property.

Attributes:

SetAccess	private
NonCopyable	true

Tag — Tag for mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object

character vector | string scalar

Tag for the mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The PPT API generates a session-unique tag as part of the creation of this object. The generated tag has the form CLASS:ID, where CLASS is the object class and ID is the value of the Id property of the object. Specify your own tag value to help you identify where to look when an issue occurs during document generation.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Id — Object identifier for mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object

character vector | string scalar

Object identifier for the mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object, specified as a character vector or string scalar. The PPT API generates a session-unique identifier when it creates the document element object. You can specify your own value for Id.

Attributes:

NonCopyable

true

Data Types: char | string

Methods

Public Methods

clone

objCopy = clone(obj) returns a copy of the mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object specified by obj. Use the clone method of an InternalLink object the same way that you use the clone method of a Paragraph object.

Examples

Link to Slide Using the Target Slide Name

This example links to a slide using an mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object that specifies the target slide name.

Create the presentation.

import mlreportgen.ppt.*
ppt = Presentation("myPresentation1.pptx");
open(ppt);

Add a slide to the presentation.

slide1 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");

Choose a name to identify the target slide.

targetSlideName = "myTargetSlide";

Create a paragraph. Create an InternalLink object that specifies the target slide by name and append it to the paragraph.

p = Paragraph("This is a link to the slide with the name ");
linkObj = InternalLink(targetSlideName,targetSlideName);
append(p,linkObj);

Add the title and content to the slide.

replace(slide1,"Title","First slide");
replace(slide1,"Content",p);

Add a second slide to the presentation.

slide2 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");
replace(slide2,"Title","Second slide");

Add the target slide to the presentation. Set the Name property of the slide to the name specified in the InternalLink object.

slide3 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");
slide3.Name = targetSlideName;
replace(slide3,"Title","Third slide");
content = strcat("This is the target slide with the name ",targetSlideName);
replace(slide3,"Content",content);

Close and view the presentation.

close(ppt);
rptview(ppt);

Here are the generated slides:

Link to a Slide Using the Target Slide Index

This example links to a slide using an mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink object that specifies the target slide number.

Create the presentation.

import mlreportgen.ppt.*
ppt = Presentation("myPresentation2.pptx");
open(ppt);

Add a slide to the presentation.

slide1 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");

Create a paragraph. Create an InternalLink object that specifies the target slide by its index and append the object to the paragraph.

p = Paragraph("This is a link to ");
link = InternalLink(3,"slide 3");
append(p,link);

Add the title and content to the slide.

replace(slide1,"Title","First slide");
replace(slide1,"Content",p);

Add a slide 2 to the presentation.

slide2 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");
replace(slide2,"Title","Second slide");

Add the target slide, slide 3, to the presentation.

slide3 = add(ppt,"Title and Content");
replace(slide3,"Title","Third slide");
replace(slide3,"Content","This is the target slide");

Close and view the presentation.

close(ppt);
rptview(ppt);

Here are the generated slides:

Version History

Introduced in R2021a