Displaying PowerPoint text box content in multiple columns significantly enhances the presentation of information and audience comprehension. It improves readability by shortening line lengths, making dense text more digestible; optimizes visual layout for an aesthetically pleasing and professional look; and utilizes space efficiently to ensure that information is abundant yet uncluttered. In this article, we will introduce how to add or remove columns in a PowerPoint text box using Spire.Presentation for .NET in C# projects.

• Add Columns to a PowerPoint Text Box with C#
• Remove Columns from a PowerPoint Text Box with C#

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 DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.

PM> Install-Package Spire.Presentation

Add Columns to a PowerPoint Text Box with C#

Spire.Presentation provides the Shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount property to set the number of columns for content and the Shape.TextFrame.ColumnSpacing property to set the spacing between columns. Below are the detailed steps:

• Create a Presentation object.
• Load a PowerPoint document using the Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
• Retrieve the first slide using Presentation.Slides[0].
• Obtain the first text box object as IAutoShape.
• Use the Shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount property to set the number of columns for the text box content.
• Use the Shape.TextFrame.ColumnSpacing property to set the spacing between columns.
• Save the document to a specified path using the Presentation.SaveToFile() method.

using Spire.Presentation;

namespace Spire.PresentationDemo
{
    internal class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {     
            // Create a Presentation object
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

            // Load the PPTX file
            presentation.LoadFromFile("Sample1.pptx");

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

            // Check if the first shape on the slide is of type IAutoShape
            if (slide.Shapes[0] is IAutoShape)
            {
                // Cast the first shape to an IAutoShape object
                IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)slide.Shapes[0];

                // Set the number of columns in the shape's text frame to 2
                shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount = 2;

                // Set the column spacing in the shape's text frame to 25 pt
                shape.TextFrame.ColumnSpacing = 25f;
            }

            // Save the modified presentation as a new PPTX file
            presentation.SaveToFile("SetColumns.pptx", Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2016);

            // Dispose of the resources used by the Presentation object
            presentation.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

Remove Columns from a PowerPoint Text Box with C#

To remove the columns from the Powerpoint text box, simply set the Shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount property to 1. Below are the detailed steps:

• Create a Presentation object.
• Load a PowerPoint document using the Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
• Retrieve a slide using the Presentation.Slides[index] property.
• Obtain the text box object as IAutoShape.
• Set Shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount = 1 to remove the columns.
• Save the document to a specified path using the Presentation.SaveToFile() method.

using Spire.Presentation;

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

            // Load the PPTX file
            presentation.LoadFromFile("Sample2.pptx");

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

            // Check if the first shape on the slide is of type IAutoShape
            if (slide.Shapes[0] is IAutoShape)
            {
                // Cast the first shape to an IAutoShape object
                IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)slide.Shapes[0];

                // Set the column count of the shape's text frame to 1
                shape.TextFrame.ColumnCount = 1;
            }

            // Save the modified presentation as a new PPTX file
            presentation.SaveToFile("RemoveColumns.pptx", Spire.Presentation.FileFormat.Pptx2016);

            // Dispose of the resources used by the Presentation object
            presentation.Dispose();
        }
    }
}

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Section breaks in Word allow users to divide a document into sections, each with unique formatting options. This is especially useful when working with long documents where you want to apply different layouts, headers, footers, margins or page orientations within the same document. In this article, you will learn how to insert or remove section breaks in Word in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.

• Insert Section Breaks in Word in Python
• Remove Section Breaks in Word in Python

Install Spire.Doc for Python

This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip commands.

pip install Spire.Doc

If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows

Insert Section Breaks in Word in Python

Spire.Doc for Python provides the Paragraph.InsertSectionBreak(breakType: SectionBreakType) method to insert a specified type of section break to a paragraph. The following table provides an overview of the supported section break types, along with their corresponding Enums and descriptions:

The following are the detailed steps to insert a continuous section break:

• Create a Document instance.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Get a specified section using Document.Sections[] property.
• Get a specified paragraph of the section using Section.Paragraphs[] property.
• Add a section break to the end of the paragraph using Paragraph.InsertSectionBreak() method.
• Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

inputFile = "sample.docx"
outputFile = "InsertSectionBreak.docx"

# Create a Document instance
document = Document()

# Load a Word document
document.LoadFromFile(inputFile)

# Get the first section in the document
section = document.Sections[0]

# Get the second paragraph in the section
paragraph = section.Paragraphs[1]

# Insert a continuous section break
paragraph.InsertSectionBreak(SectionBreakType.NoBreak)

# Save the result document
document.SaveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx2016)
document.Close()

Remove Section Breaks in Word in Python

To delete all sections breaks in a Word document, we need to access the first section in the document, then copy the contents of the other sections to the first section and delete them. The following are the detailed steps:

• Create a Document instance.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Get the first section using Document.Sections[] property.
• Iterate through other sections in the document.
• Get the second section, and then iterate through to get its child objects.
• Clone the child objects of the second section and add them to the first section using Section.Body.ChildObjects.Add() method.
• Delete the second section using Document.Sections.Remove() method.
• Repeat the process to copy and delete the remaining sections.
• Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

inputFile = "Report.docx"
outputFile = "RemoveSectionBreaks.docx"

# Create a Document instance
document = Document()

# Load a Word document
document.LoadFromFile(inputFile)

# Get the first section in the document
sec = document.Sections[0]

# Iterate through other sections in the document
for i in range(document.Sections.Count - 1):
    # Get the second section in the document
    section = document.Sections[1]
    
    # Iterate through all child objects of the second section
    for j in range(section.Body.ChildObjects.Count):
        # Get the child objects
        obj = section.Body.ChildObjects.get_Item(j)
        # Clone the child objects to the first section
        sec.Body.ChildObjects.Add(obj.Clone())
        # Remove the second section
        document.Sections.Remove(section)

# Save the result document
document.SaveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx2016)
document.Close()

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Knowing how to remove headers or footers in Word is an essential skill as there may be times you need to change the formatting of your document or collaborate with others who do not need the headers or footers. In this article, you will learn how to remove headers or footers in Word in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.

• Remove Headers in a Word Document in Python
• Remove Footers in a Word Document in Python

Install Spire.Doc for Python

This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip commands.

pip install Spire.Doc

If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows

Remove Headers in a Word Document in Python

Spire.Doc for Python supports getting different headers in the first pages, odd pages, and even pages, and then delete all of them through the HeaderFooter.ChildObjects.Clear() method. The following are the detailed steps:

• Create a Document instance.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Get a specified section using Document.Sections[] property.
• Iterate through all paragraphs in the section, and then all child objects in each paragraph.
• Get the headers for the first, odd, and even pages using Section.HeadersFooters[hfType: HeaderFooterType] property, and then delete them using HeaderFooter.ChildObjects.Clear() method.
• Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

inputFile = "HeaderFooter.docx"
outputFile = "RemoveHeaders.docx"

# Create a Document instance
doc = Document()

# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile(inputFile)

# Get the first section
section = doc.Sections[0]

# Iterate through all paragraphs in the section
for i in range(section.Paragraphs.Count):
    para = section.Paragraphs.get_Item(i)

    # Iterate through all child objects in each paragraph
    for j in range(para.ChildObjects.Count):
        obj = para.ChildObjects.get_Item(j)

        # Delete header in the first page
        header = None
        header = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.HeaderFirstPage]
        if header is not None:
            header.ChildObjects.Clear()

        # Delete headers in the odd pages
        header = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.HeaderOdd]
        if header is not None:
            header.ChildObjects.Clear()

        # Delete headers in the even pages
        header = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.HeaderEven]
        if header is not None:
            header.ChildObjects.Clear()

# Save the result document
doc.SaveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx)
doc.Close()

Remove Footers in a Word Document in Python

Deleting footers is similar to that of deleting headers, you can also get the footers on different pages first and then delete them at once. The following are the detailed steps:

• Create a Document instance.
• Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
• Get a specified section using Document.Sections[] property.
• Iterate through all paragraphs in the section, and then all child objects in each paragraph.
• Get the footers for the first, odd, and even pages using Section.HeadersFooters[hfType: HeaderFooterType] property, and then delete them using HeaderFooter.ChildObjects.Clear() method.
• Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.

from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *

inputFile = "HeaderFooter.docx"
outputFile = "RemoveFooters.docx"

# Create a Document instance
doc = Document()

# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile(inputFile)

# Get the first section
section = doc.Sections[0]

# Iterate through all paragraphs in the section
for i in range(section.Paragraphs.Count):
    para = section.Paragraphs.get_Item(i)

    # Iterate through all child objects in each paragraph
    for j in range(para.ChildObjects.Count):
        obj = para.ChildObjects.get_Item(j)

        # Delete footer in the first page
        footer = None
        footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterFirstPage]
        if footer is not None:
            footer.ChildObjects.Clear()

        # Delete footers in the odd pages
        footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterOdd]
        if footer is not None:
            footer.ChildObjects.Clear()

        # Delete footers in the even pages
        footer = section.HeadersFooters[HeaderFooterType.FooterEven]
        if footer is not None:
            footer.ChildObjects.Clear()

# Save the result document
doc.SaveToFile(outputFile, FileFormat.Docx)
doc.Close()

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