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Hiding and showing slides are two practical features in PowerPoint that allow you to control the visibility of slides during a slideshow. Hiding slides is useful when you want to skip certain slides or temporarily remove them from the presentation without deleting them. Whereas showing slides is helpful when you want to re-display the hidden slides. In this article, we will demonstrate how to hide and show slides in a PowerPoint presentation in Python using Spire.Presentation for Python.
- Hide a Specific Slide in PowerPoint in Python
- Show a Hidden Slide in PowerPoint in Python
- Show All Hidden Slides in PowerPoint in Python
Install Spire.Presentation for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Presentation for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.
pip install Spire.Presentation
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Presentation for Python on Windows
Hide a Specific Slide in PowerPoint in Python
Spire.Presentation for Python provides the ISlide.Hidden property to control the visibility of a slide during a slideshow. If you don’t want a certain slide to be shown, you can hide this slide by setting the ISlide.Hidden property as True. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specific slide using Presentation.Slides[index] property.
- Hide the slide by setting the ISlide.Hidden property as True.
- Save the resulting presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create an object of the Presentation class
ppt = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
ppt.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx")
# Get the second slide and hide it
slide = ppt.Slides[1]
slide.Hidden = True
# Save the resulting presentation to a new .pptx file
ppt.SaveToFile("HideSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2016)
ppt.Dispose()
Show a Hidden Slide in PowerPoint in Python
To show a hidden slide, you can set the ISlide.Hidden property as False. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specific slide using Presentation.Slides[index] property.
- Unhide the slide by setting the ISlide.Hidden property as False.
- Save the resulting presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create an object of the Presentation class
ppt = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
ppt.LoadFromFile("HideSlide.pptx")
# Get the second slide and unhide it
slide = ppt.Slides[1]
slide.Hidden = False
# Save the resulting presentation to a new .pptx file
ppt.SaveToFile("ShowSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2016)
ppt.Dispose()
Show All Hidden Slides in PowerPoint in Python
To show all hidden slides in a PowerPoint presentation, you need to loop through all the slides in the presentation, then find the hidden slides and unhide them by setting the ISlide.Hidden property as False. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Loop through the slides in the presentation.
- Check whether the current slide is hidden or not using ISlide.Hidden property. If the result is true, unhide the slide by setting the ISlide.Hidden property as False.
- Save the resulting presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create an object of the Presentation class
ppt = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
ppt.LoadFromFile("Sample2.pptx")
# Loop through each slide in the presentation
for i in range(ppt.Slides.Count):
slide = ppt.Slides[i]
# Check if the slide is hidden
if(slide.Hidden):
# Unhide the slide
slide.Hidden = False
# Save the resulting presentation to a new .pptx file
ppt.SaveToFile("ShowAllHidenSlides.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2016)
ppt.Dispose()
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Adding and deleting slides in PowerPoint are essential actions that allow presenters to control the structure and content of their presentations. Adding slides provides the opportunity to expand and enhance the presentation by introducing new topics or providing supporting information. On the other hand, deleting slides helps streamline the presentation by removing redundant, repetitive, or irrelevant content. In this article, we will demonstrate how to add or delete slides in a PowerPoint Presentation in Python using Spire.Presentation for Python.
- Add a New Slide at the End of the PowerPoint Document in Python
- Insert a New Slide Before a Specific Slide in PowerPoint in Python
- Delete a Specific Slide from a PowerPoint Document in Python
Install Spire.Presentation for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Presentation for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.
pip install Spire.Presentation
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Presentation for Python on Windows
Add a New Slide at the End of the PowerPoint Document in Python
Spire.Presentation for Python provides the Presentation.Slides.Append() method to add a new slide after the last slide of a PowerPoint presentation. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Add a new blank slide at the end of the presentation using Presentation.Slides.Append() method.
- Save the result presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create a Presentation object
presentation = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
presentation.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx")
# Add a new slide at the end of the presentation
presentation.Slides.Append()
# Save the result presentation to a .pptx file
presentation.SaveToFile("AddSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013)
presentation.Dispose()
Insert a New Slide Before a Specific Slide in PowerPoint in Python
You can use the Presentation.Slides.Insert() method to insert a new slide before a specific slide of a PowerPoint presentation. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Insert a blank slide before a specific slide using Presentation.Slides.Insert() method.
- Save the result presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create a Presentation object
presentation = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
presentation.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx")
# Insert a blank slide before the second slide
presentation.Slides.Insert(1)
# Save the result presentation to a .pptx file
presentation.SaveToFile("InsertSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013)
presentation.Dispose()
Delete a Specific Slide from a PowerPoint Document in Python
To delete a specific slide from a PowerPoint presentation, you can use the Presentation.Slides.RemoveAt() method. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Create an object of the Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Remove a specific slide from the presentation using Presentation.Slides.RemoveAt() method.
- Save the result presentation using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import *
from spire.presentation import *
# Create a Presentation object
presentation = Presentation()
# Load a PowerPoint presentation
presentation.LoadFromFile("Sample.pptx")
# Remove the first slide
presentation.Slides.RemoveAt(0)
# Save the result presentation to a .pptx file
presentation.SaveToFile("RemoveSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013)
presentation.Dispose()
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If you'd like to remove the evaluation message from the generated documents, or to get rid of the function limitations, please request a 30-day trial license for yourself.
