Presentation Formatting

Specify formatting for presentation

Specify presentation formatting by using a PowerPoint^® presentation template, along with PPT API format objects and properties. See Presentation Formatting Approaches.

Functions

`getMasterNames`	Get names of slide masters for presentation
`getLayoutNames`	Get names of layouts for presentation slide master
`open`	Open presentation
`close`	Close presentation
`pptview`	Open Microsoft PowerPoint presentation or convert it to PDF
`rptview`	Display report or presentation
`mlreportgen.ppt.getDefaultNumberFormat`	Get default formatting for PPT API numeric data (Since R2024b)
`mlreportgen.ppt.setDefaultNumberFormat`	Set default formatting of numeric data generated by PPT API (Since R2024b)

Classes

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Format Objects

`mlreportgen.ppt.BackgroundColor`	Background color of presentation element (Since R2020a)
`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
`mlreportgen.ppt.NumberFormat`	Number formatting (Since R2024b)

Format Objects Specific to Tables

`mlreportgen.ppt.Border`	Border of a table or table entry (Since R2020a)
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColSep`	Table column separators (Since R2020a)
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColSpec`	Formatting for table column
`mlreportgen.ppt.ColWidth`	Table column width
`mlreportgen.ppt.FlowDirection`	Table column flow direction (Since R2020a)
`mlreportgen.ppt.RowHeight`	Table row height (Since R2020a)
`mlreportgen.ppt.RowSep`	Table row separators (Since R2020a)
`mlreportgen.ppt.TableStyleOptions`	Stripe table rows and columns
`mlreportgen.ppt.TextOrientation`	Orientation of text in a table entry (Since R2020a)
`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.
Set Up a PowerPoint Presentation Template
A PowerPoint template specifies the fixed content and default layout and appearance of the slides in a presentation.
Access PowerPoint Template Elements
The PPT API uses PowerPoint presentations as templates to generate presentations.
Presentation Format Inheritance
The PPT API allows you to use a PowerPoint template and PPT API format objects and properties to format presentation objects.
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.