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Add a Paragraph to PowerPoint file

2014-05-06 08:26:44 Written by Koohji

PPT file format is a vivid and explicit way to present your stuff. PPT file can be very beautiful and powerful. And text is a basic element that PPT supports. Spire.Presentation is a powerful .NET component specially designed for developers. It enables developers to manipulate PPT files easily and flexibly. In this document, I will introduce you how to add a paragraph to PPT file using Spire.Presentation.

Step 1. Create a PPT document.

Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

Step 2. Add a new shape to the document.

IAutoShape shape = presentation.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(50, 70, 450, 150));
shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.None;
shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.White;

Shape represents a TextBox in PPT document.

Step 3. Add some text to the shape.

shape.TextFrame.Text = "This powerful component suite contains the most up-to-date versions of all .NET WPF Silverlight components offered by E-iceblue.";

These will form a new paragraph.

Step 4. Set the alignment of the paragraph.

shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].Alignment = TextAlignmentType.Left;

Step 5. Set the indent of the paragraph.

shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].Indent = 25*2;

Step 6. Set the line spacing of the paragraph.

shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].LineSpacing = 250;

Step 7. Save the document.

presentation.SaveToFile("para.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);

Full code:

[C#]
using Spire.Presentation;
using Spire.Presentation.Drawing;
using System.Drawing;
namespace AddParagh
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //create PPT document
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

            //set background Image
            string ImageFile = "bg.png";
            RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(0, 0, presentation.SlideSize.Size.Width, presentation.SlideSize.Size.Height);
            presentation.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendEmbedImage(ShapeType.Rectangle, ImageFile, rect);
            presentation.Slides[0].Shapes[0].Line.FillFormat.SolidFillColor.Color = Color.FloralWhite;

            //append new shape
            IAutoShape shape = presentation.Slides[0].Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, new RectangleF(50, 70, 450, 150));
            shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.None;
            shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.White;

            //set the alignment
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].Alignment = TextAlignmentType.Left;
            //set the indent
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].Indent = 50;
            //set the linespacing
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].LineSpacing = 150;
            shape.TextFrame.Text = "This powerful component suite contains the most up-to-date versions of all .NET WPF Silverlight components offered by E-iceblue.";

            //set the Font
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].TextRanges[0].LatinFont = new TextFont("Arial Rounded MT Bold");
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].TextRanges[0].Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Solid;
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs[0].TextRanges[0].Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Black;

            //save the document
            presentation.SaveToFile("para.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("para.pptx");
        }
    }
}
[VB.NET]
'create PPT document
Dim presentation As New Presentation()

'set background Image
Dim ImageFile As String = "bg.png"
Dim rect As New RectangleF(0, 0, presentation.SlideSize.Size.Width, presentation.SlideSize.Size.Height)
presentation.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendEmbedImage(ShapeType.Rectangle, ImageFile, rect)
presentation.Slides(0).Shapes(0).Line.FillFormat.SolidFillColor.Color = Color.FloralWhite

'append new shape
Dim shape As IAutoShape = presentation.Slides(0).Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, New RectangleF(50, 70, 450, 150))
shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.None
shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.White

'set the alignment
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).Alignment = TextAlignmentType.Left
'set the indent
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).Indent = 50
'set the linespacing
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).LineSpacing = 150
shape.TextFrame.Text = "This powerful component suite contains the most up-to-date versions of all .NET WPF Silverlight components offered by E-iceblue."

'set the Font
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).TextRanges(0).LatinFont = New TextFont("Arial Rounded MT Bold")
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).TextRanges(0).Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Solid
shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs(0).TextRanges(0).Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Black

'save the document
presentation.SaveToFile("para.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010)
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("para.pptx")

Screenshot:

Add a Paragraph to PPT file

A hyperlink is a clickable element, typically embedded within text or images, which allows users to navigate and access different webpages, documents, or resources. By adding hyperlinks in a PowerPoint presentation, users are able to easily visit related content while viewing or showing the slides, enhancing convenience during the presentation. In this article, we will show you how to add hyperlink to PowerPoint Presentation programmatically by using Spire.Presentation for .NET.

Install Spire.Presentation for .NET

To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Presentation for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLLs files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.Presentation

Add Hyperlink to Text on Slide

Spire.Presentation for .NET allows users to insert hyperlink to text on slides easily by using TextRange.ClickAction.Address property. The following are detailed steps.

  • Create a new PowerPoint presentation.
  • Load a PowerPoint file using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
  • Get the first slide using Presentation.Slides[] property.
  • Add a rectangle shape to the slide by using ISlide.Shapes.AppendShape() method.
  • Remove the default paragraphs in the shape.
  • Create a TextParagraph instance to represent a text paragraph.
  • Create a TextRange instance to represent a text range and set link address for it by TextRange.ClickAction.Address property.
  • Create an another TextRange instance to represent the rest of the text.
  • Append text ranges to paragraph using TextParagraph.TextRanges.Append() method.
  • Append the paragraph to the shape using IAutoShape.TextFrame.Paragraphs.Append() method.
  • Loop through all text ranges in each paragraph and set font for them.
  • Save the result file using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
  • C#
  • VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
using Spire.Presentation.Drawing;
using System.Drawing;

namespace Hyperlink
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Create a Presentation instance
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

            //Load the PowerPoint file
            presentation.LoadFromFile("sample.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);

            //Get the first slide of the presentation
            ISlide slide = presentation.Slides[0];

            //Add a shape to the slide
            RectangleF rec = new RectangleF(presentation.SlideSize.Size.Width / 2 - 120, 200, 500, 150);
            IAutoShape shape = slide.Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, rec);
            shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.None;
            shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.White;

            //Remove the default paragraphs in the shape
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs.Clear();

            //Create a TextParagraph instance
            TextParagraph para = new TextParagraph();

            //Create a TextRange instance
            TextRange tr = new TextRange("Spire.Presentation for .NET");

            //Set a hyperlink address for the text range
            tr.ClickAction.Address = "http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/presentation-for-net-introduce.html";

            //Append the text range to the paragraph
            para.TextRanges.Append(tr);

            //Create a TextRange instance
            tr = new TextRange("is a professional PowerPoint® compatible API that enables developers to create, read,  modify, convert and Print PowerPoint documents on any .NET platform."
                +"As an independent PowerPoint .NET API, Spire.Presentation for .NET doesn't need Microsoft PowerPoint to be installed on machines.");

            //Append the text range to the paragraph
            para.TextRanges.Append(tr);

            //Append the paragraph to the shape
            shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs.Append(para);

            //Loop through the paragraphs in the shape
            foreach (TextParagraph textPara in shape.TextFrame.Paragraphs)
            {
                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(textPara.Text))
                {

                    //Loop through the text ranges in each paragraph
                    foreach (TextRange textRange in textPara.TextRanges)
                    {

                        //Set font
                        textRange.LatinFont = new TextFont("Calibri");
                        textRange.FontHeight = 24;
                        textRange.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Solid;
                        textRange.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.Black;
                    }
                }
            }

            //Save the presentation
            presentation.SaveToFile("TextHyperlink.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
            presentation.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

C#/VB.NET: Add Hyperlink to PowerPoint Presentation

Add Hyperlink to Image on Slide

Spire.Presentation for .NET also supports adding a hyperlink to an image. You can create a hyperlink by using  ClickHyperlink class and then add the hyperlink to the image using the IEmbedImage.Click property. The related steps are as follows.

  • Create a new PowerPoint presentation.
  • Load a PowerPoint file using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
  • Get the second slide by using Presentation.Slides[] property.
  • Add a image to the slide using ISlide.Shapes.AppendEmbedImage() method.
  • Create a ClickHyperlink object and append the hyperlink to added image using IEmbedImage.Click property.
  • Save the result file using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
  • C#
  • VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
using System.Drawing;
namespace ImageHyperlink
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            //Initialize an object of Presentation class
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

            //Load the PowerPoint file
            presentation.LoadFromFile("TextHyperlink.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);

            //Get the second slide of the presentation
            ISlide slide = presentation.Slides[1];

            //Add a image to slide
            RectangleF rect = new RectangleF(100, 50, 150, 150);
            IEmbedImage image = slide.Shapes.AppendEmbedImage(ShapeType.Rectangle, @"logo.png", rect);

            //Add hyperlink to image
            ClickHyperlink hyperlink = new ClickHyperlink("http://www.e-iceblue.com/Introduce/presentation-for-net-introduce.html");
            image.Click = hyperlink;

            //Save the result file
            presentation.SaveToFile("ImageHyperlink.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
            presentation.Dispose();
        }
    }
} 

C#/VB.NET: Add Hyperlink to PowerPoint Presentation

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How to convert PowerPoint to PPTX in C#?

2014-04-29 06:31:10 Written by Koohji

PPT is the file format used by Microsoft PowerPoint Presentation 97 - 2003, while PPTX is created by PowerPoint Presentation 2007, 2010. PPTX file format enjoys the advantages of smaller size, higher security, and higher integration with other file formats. But the Microsoft Office version under 2007 cannot open PPTX PowerPoint presentation directly. This article will show you how to convert PPT file format to PPTX in C# with only three lines of code.

Make sure Spire.Presentation for .NET has been installed correctly and then add Spire.Presentation.dll as reference in the downloaded Bin folder though the below path: "..\Spire.Presentation\Bin\NET4.0\ Spire. Presentation.dll". Here comes to the details of how to output PPT to PPTX:

Step 1: Create a presentation document.

Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

Step 2: Load the PPT file from disk.

presentation.LoadFromFile(@"..\..\..\..\..\..\Data\sample4.ppt");

Step 3: Save the PPT document to PPTX file format.

presentation.SaveToFile("ToPPTX.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);

Step4: Launch and view the resulted PPTX file.

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ToPPTX.pptx");

Full codes:

namespace Spire.Presentation.Demo
{
    public partial class Form1 : Form
    {
        public Form1()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }

        private void btnRun_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
        {
            //create PPT document
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

            //load the PPT file from disk
            presentation.LoadFromFile(@"..\..\..\..\..\..\Data\sample4.ppt");

            //save the PPT document to PPTX file format
            presentation.SaveToFile("ToPPTX.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010);
            System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("ToPPTX.pptx");
        }
    }
}

Target screenshot:

Convert PPT to PPTX

 

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