Create and Format Presentation Objects

Create and format text, paragraph, table, link and picture objects

You can add presentation content objects, such as text, tables, and pictures, to a presentation. You can format those content objects by defining styles that use format objects specific to the type of content object. Also, you can specify formats using content object formatting properties. To get started, see Add and Replace Presentation Content.

Functions

`append`	Append content to paragraph
`clone`	Copy PPT API paragraph
`add`	Add paragraph to text box
`replace`	Replace text box paragraphs
`replace`	Replace picture
`append`	Append row to table
`row`	Access table row
`entry`	Access table entry
`replace`	Replace table with another table
`append`	Append table entry to table row
`append`	Append text or paragraph to table entry
`pptview`	Open Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or convert it to PDF
`rptview`	Display report or presentation

Classes

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Content Objects

`mlreportgen.ppt.ExternalLink`	Hyperlink to location outside of presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.InternalLink`	Hyperlink to a slide in a presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.Paragraph`	Formatted block of text (paragraph)
`mlreportgen.ppt.Picture`	Picture to include in presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.Presentation`	Create a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation container
`mlreportgen.ppt.Slide`	Presentation slide
`mlreportgen.ppt.Table`	Table in presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableEntry`	Table entry
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableRow`	Table row
`mlreportgen.ppt.Text`	Text to include in a presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.TextBox`	Text box

Format Objects

`mlreportgen.ppt.AutoFit`	Scale text to fit placeholder or text box
`mlreportgen.ppt.BackgroundColor`	Background color of presentation element
`mlreportgen.ppt.Bold`	Bold for text object
`mlreportgen.ppt.FontColor`	Font color
`mlreportgen.ppt.FontFamily`	Font family
`mlreportgen.ppt.FontSize`	Font size
`mlreportgen.ppt.HAlign`	Horizontal alignment of paragraph
`mlreportgen.ppt.Italic`	Italic for text object
`mlreportgen.ppt.Strike`	Strikethrough text
`mlreportgen.ppt.Subscript`	Subscript text
`mlreportgen.ppt.Superscript`	Superscript text
`mlreportgen.ppt.Underline`	Underline text

Format Objects Specific to Tables

`mlreportgen.ppt.Border`	Border of a table or table entry
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColSep`	Table column separators
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColSpec`	Formatting for table column
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColWidth`	Table column width
`mlreportgen.ppt.FlowDirection`	Table column flow direction
`mlreportgen.ppt.RowHeight`	Table row height
`mlreportgen.ppt.RowSep`	Table row separators
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableStyleOptions`	Stripe table rows and columns
`mlreportgen.ppt.TextOrientation`	Orientation of text in a table entry
`mlreportgen.ppt.VAlign`	Vertical alignment of table entry content

Topics

Presentation Formatting Approaches
Format a presentation by using style sheets, format objects, or format properties.
Presentation Format Inheritance
The PPT API allows you to use a PowerPoint^® template and PPT API format objects and properties to format presentation objects.
Create and Format Text
You can create a Text object using an mlreportgen.ppt.Text constructor, specifying a character vector.
Create and Format Paragraphs
To create a Paragraph object, use the mlreportgen.ppt.Paragraph constructor.
Create and Format Tables
Create a table using an mlreportgen.ppt.Table object.
Create and Format Pictures
To create a picture for a presentation, use the mlreportgen.ppt.Picture constructor.
Create and Format Links
In a presentation, you can create an internal link, from one slide to another slide, or an external link to a location outside of the presentation.
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 Paragraph object) include properties that you can use to set the format of the content of an object.