Pptx
Overview
This skill provides three primary workflows for PowerPoint manipulation: creating from scratch, editing existing presentations, and using templates.
Quick Start
from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches, Pt
prs = Presentation()
# Add title slide
title_slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[0])
title_slide.shapes.title.text = "My Presentation"
title_slide.placeholders[1].text = "By Claude"
prs.save("presentation.pptx")
When to Use
- Creating automated presentation reports
- Building slide decks from data
- Generating pitch presentations
- Converting HTML content to slides
- Adding charts and tables to presentations
- Batch processing multiple presentations
- Updating existing presentations programmatically
- Creating consistent branded presentations from templates
Version History
- 1.1.0 (2026-01-02): Added Quick Start, When to Use, Execution Checklist, Error Handling, Metrics sections; updated frontmatter with version, category, related_skills
- 1.0.0 (2024-10-15): Initial release with python-pptx, templates, OOXML editing