README.md

PptxGenJS

JavaScript library that creates PowerPoint presentations

Quickly and easily create PowerPoint presentations with a few simple JavaScript commands in client web browsers or Node desktop apps.

Main Features

• Widely Supported: Creates and downloads presentations on all current web browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox, etc.) and IE11
• Full Featured: Slides can include Charts, Images, Media, Shapes, Tables and Text (plus Master Slides/Templates)
• Easy To Use: Entire PowerPoint presentations can be created in a few lines of code
• Modern: Pure JavaScript solution - everything necessary to create PowerPoint PPT exports is included

Additional Features

• Use the unique HTML-to-PowerPoint feature to copy an HTML table into 1 or more Slides with a single command

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Table of Contents (generated with DocToc)

• Live Demo
  • Installation
    • CDN
    • Download
    • Npm
    • Yarn
• Quick Start Guide
• Library API
  • Presentation Creation/Options
  • Slide Creation/Options
  • Saving a Presentation
  • Master Slides and Corporate Branding
  • Adding Charts
  • Adding Images
  • Adding Media (Audio/Video/YouTube)
  • Adding Shapes
  • Adding Tables
  • Adding Text
  • Including Speaker Notes
  • Using Scheme Colors
• HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature
• Integration with Other Libraries
• Full PowerPoint Shape Library
• Typescript Definitions
• Issues / Suggestions
• Need Help?
• Unimplemented Features
• Special Thanks
• Support Us
• License

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Live Demo

Use JavaScript to create a PowerPoint presentation with your web browser right now:
https://gitbrent.github.io/PptxGenJS

Installation

CDN

<!-- Bundle: Easiest to use, supports all browsers -->
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@2.5.0/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/pptxgenjs@2.5.0/libs/jquery.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@2.5.0/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@2.5.0/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>

Download

GitHub Latest Release

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

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

Npm

PptxGenJS NPM Home

npm install pptxgenjs

var pptx = require("pptxgenjs");

Yarn

yarn install pptxgenjs

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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

var pptx = new PptxGenJS();
var slide = pptx.addNewSlide();
slide.addText('Hello World!', { x:1.5, y:1.5, fontSize:18, color:'363636' });
pptx.save('Sample Presentation');

That's really all there is to it!

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Library API

Presentation Creation/Options

Creating a Presentation
Presentation Options

Slide Creation/Options

Adding a Slide
Slide Options

Saving a Presentation

Saving a Presentation

Master Slides and Corporate Branding

Master Slides

Adding Charts

Adding Charts

Adding Images

Adding Images

Adding Media (Audio/Video/YouTube)

Adding Media

Adding Shapes

Adding Shapes

Adding Tables

Adding Tables

Adding Text

Adding Text

Including Speaker Notes

Speaker Notes

Using Scheme Colors

Using Scheme Colors

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HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature

HTML-to-PowerPoint

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Integration with Other Libraries

Integration with Other Libraries

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Full PowerPoint Shape Library

If you are planning on creating Shapes (basically anything other than Text, Tables or Rectangles), then you'll want to include the pptxgen.shapes.js library.

The shapes file contains a complete PowerPoint Shape object array thanks to the officegen project.

<script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.shapes.js"></script>

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Typescript Definitions

As of version 2.3.0, typescript definitions are available (pptxgen.d.ts).

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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 demos in the examples directory. There are demos for both Nodejs and client-browsers 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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Unimplemented Features

The PptxGenJS library is not designed to replicate all the functionality of PowerPoint, meaning several features are not on the development roadmap.

These include:

• Animations
• Importing Existing Presentations and/or Templates
• Outlines
• SmartArt

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Special Thanks

• Officegen Project - Shape definitions and XML code
• Dzmitry Dulko - Getting the project published on NPM
• kajda90 - New Master Slide Layouts
• Connor Bowman - Adding Placeholders
• Reima Frgos - Multiple chart and general functionality patches
• PPTX Chart Experts: kajda90, Matt King, Mike Wilcox
• Everyone who has contributed, submitted an Issue, or created Pull Request.

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Support Us

Do you like this library and find it useful? Tell the world about us! PptxGenJS project

Thanks to everyone who supports this project! ❤

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License

Copyright © 2015-2019 Brent Ely

MIT