PptxGenJS

Create JavaScript PowerPoint Presentations

Table of Contents

• Introduction
• Features
• Live Demo
• Installation
  • CDN
  • Download
  • Npm
  • Yarn
  • Additional Builds
• Documentation
  • Quick Start Guide
  • Library API
  • HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature
• Issues / Suggestions
• Need Help?
• Contributors
• License

Introduction

This library creates Open Office XML (OOXML) Presentations which are compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and other applications.

Features

Extensive browser support

• Create/download presentations on all current desktop & mobile web browsers
• IE11 is supported via included Promises polyfill

Major PowerPoint object types

• Slides can include Charts, Images, Media, Shapes, Tables, Text and more.
• SVG images and YouTube videos are supported when viewed in PowerPoint online/2019+ desktop application

Modern architecture

• Supports client web browsers, NodeJS, and React/Angular/Electron
• Export methods return promises
• Client browsers have only a single dependency: JSZip
• Easy Angular/React integration (available via npm, cjs or es files)
• Typescript definitions included

HTML to PowerPoint

• Includes powerful HTML-to-PowerPoint feature to transform HTML tables into presentations with a single line of code

Live Demo

Use the online demo to create a simple presentation to see how easy it is to use pptxgenjs, or check out the complete demo which showcases every available feature.

• Simple Demo
• Complete Feature Demo
• PptxGenJS jsFiddle

Installation

CDN

<!-- Bundle: Easiest to use, supports all browsers -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/[email protected]/dist/pptxgen.bundle.js"></script>

<!-- Individual files: Add only what's needed to avoid clobbering loaded libraries -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/[email protected]/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/[email protected]/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>

Download

GitHub Latest Release

<!-- Bundle: Easiest to use, supports all browsers -->
<script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.bundle.js"></script>

<!-- Individual files: Add only what's needed to avoid clobbering loaded libraries -->
<script src="PptxGenJS/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
<script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>
<!-- <script src="PptxGenJS/libs/promise.min.js"></script> IE11 requires Promises polyfill -->

Npm

PptxGenJS NPM Home

npm install pptxgenjs --save

let PptxGenJS = require("pptxgenjs");
let pptx = new PptxGenJS();

Yarn

yarn add pptxgenjs

Additional Builds

• CommonJS: dist/pptxgen.cjs.js
• ES Module: dist/pptxgen.es.js

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Documentation

Quick Start Guide

PptxGenJS PowerPoint presentations are created via JavaScript by following 4 basic steps:

1. Create a new Presentation
2. Add a Slide
3. Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
4. Save the Presentation

let pptx = new PptxGenJS();

let slide = pptx.addSlide();

let textboxText = "Hello World from PptxGenJS!";
let textboxOpts = { x: 1, y: 1, align: "center", color: "363636", fill: "f1f1f1" };
slide.addText(textboxText, textboxOpts);

pptx.writeFile("Sample Presentation");

That's really all there is to it!

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Library API

Full documentation and code examples are available

• Creating a Presentation
• Presentation Options
• Adding a Slide
• Slide Options
• Saving a Presentation
• Master Slides
• Adding Charts
• Adding Images
• Adding Media
• Adding Shapes
• Adding Tables
• Adding Text
• Speaker Notes
• Using Scheme Colors
• Creating a Presentation
• Integration with Other Libraries

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HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature

Easily convert HTML tables to PowerPoint presentations in a single call.

let pptx = new PptxGenJS();
pptx.tableToSlides("tableElementId");
pptx.writeFile("HTML2PPT.pptx");

Learn more:

• HTML-to-PowerPoint Documentation
• Online HTML-to-PowerPoint Demo

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Issues / Suggestions

Please file issues or suggestions on the issues page on github, or even better, submit a pull request. Feedback is always welcome!

When reporting issues, please include a code snippet or a link demonstrating the problem. Here is a small jsFiddle that is already configured and uses the latest PptxGenJS code.

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Need Help?

Sometimes implementing a new library can be a difficult task and the slightest mistake will keep something from working. We've all been there!

If you are having issues getting a presentation to generate, check out the code in the demos directory. There are demos for both client browsers, node and react that contain working examples of every available library feature.

• Use a pre-configured jsFiddle to test with: PptxGenJS Fiddle
• View questions tagged PptxGenJS on StackOverflow. If you can't find your question, ask it yourself - be sure to tag it PptxGenJS.

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Contributors

Thank you to everyone for the issues, contributions and suggestions! ❤️

Special Thanks:

• Dzmitry Dulko - Getting the project published on NPM
• Michal Kacerovský - New Master Slide Layouts and Chart expertise
• Connor Bowman - Adding Placeholders
• Reima Frgos - Multiple chart and general functionality patches
• Matt King - Chart expertise
• Mike Wilcox - Chart expertise

PowerPoint shape definitions and some XML code via Officegen Project

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License

Copyright © 2015-2020 Brent Ely

MIT