PptxGenJS
Create JavaScript PowerPoint Presentations
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction
Features
Works Everywhere
Full Featured
Simple and Powerful
Export Your Way
HTML to PowerPoint
Live Demos
Installation
Npm
Yarn
CDN
Download
Additional Builds
Documentation
Quick Start Guide
Angular/React, ES6, TypeScript
Script/Web Browser
Library API
HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature
Library Ports
Issues / Suggestions
Need Help?
Contributors
Sponsor Us
License
Introduction
This library creates Open Office XML (OOXML) Presentations which are compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and other applications.
Features
Works Everywhere
Every modern desktop and mobile browser is supported
Integrates with Node, Angular, React, and Electron
Compatible with PowerPoint, Keynote, and more
Full Featured
All major object types are available (charts, shapes, tables, etc.)
Master Slides for academic/corporate branding
SVG images, animated gifs, YouTube videos, RTL text, and Asian fonts
Simple and Powerful
The absolute easiest PowerPoint library to use
Learn as you code will full typescript definitions included
Tons of demo code comes included (over 75 slides of features)
Export Your Way
Exports files direct to client browsers with proper MIME-type
Other export formats available: base64, blob, stream, etc.
Presentation compression options and more
HTML to PowerPoint
Includes powerful HTML-to-PowerPoint feature to transform HTML tables into presentations with a single line of code
Live Demos
Visit the demos page 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.
PptxGenJS Demos
Installation
Npm
PptxGenJS NPM Home
- ``` shell
- npm install pptxgenjs --save
- ```
Yarn
- ``` shell
- yarn add pptxgenjs
- ```
CDN
jsDelivr Home
Bundle: Modern Browsers and IE11
- ``` html
- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@3.12.0/dist/pptxgen.bundle.js"></script>
- ```
Min files: Modern Browsers
- ``` html
- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@3.12.0/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
- <script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/gitbrent/pptxgenjs@3.12.0/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>
- ```
Download
GitHub Latest Release
Bundle: Modern Browsers
Use the bundle for IE11 support
- ``` html
- <script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.bundle.js"></script>
- ```
Min files: Modern Browsers
- ``` html
- <script src="PptxGenJS/libs/jszip.min.js"></script>
- <script src="PptxGenJS/dist/pptxgen.min.js"></script>
- ```
Additional Builds
CommonJS: dist/pptxgen.cjs.js
ES Module: dist/pptxgen.es.js
Documentation
Quick Start Guide
PptxGenJS PowerPoint presentations are created via JavaScript by following 4 basic steps:
Angular/React, ES6, TypeScript
- ``` ts
- import pptxgen from "pptxgenjs";
- // 1. Create a new Presentation
- let pres = new pptxgen();
- // 2. Add a Slide
- let slide = pres.addSlide();
- // 3. Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
- let textboxText = "Hello World from PptxGenJS!";
- let textboxOpts = { x: 1, y: 1, color: "363636" };
- slide.addText(textboxText, textboxOpts);
- // 4. Save the Presentation
- pres.writeFile();
- ```
Script/Web Browser
- ``` js
- // 1. Create a new Presentation
- let pres = new PptxGenJS();
- // 2. Add a Slide
- let slide = pres.addSlide();
- // 3. Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
- let textboxText = "Hello World from PptxGenJS!";
- let textboxOpts = { x: 1, y: 1, color: "363636" };
- slide.addText(textboxText, textboxOpts);
- // 4. Save the Presentation
- pres.writeFile();
- ```
That's really all there is to it!
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
Integration with Other Libraries
HTML-to-PowerPoint Feature
Easily convert HTML tables to PowerPoint presentations in a single call.
- ``` js
- let pptx = new PptxGenJS();
- pptx.tableToSlides("tableElementId");
- pptx.writeFile({ fileName: "html2pptx-demo.pptx" });
- ```
Learn more:
HTML-to-PowerPoint Docs/Demo
Library Ports
React: react-pptx - thanks to Joonas !
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.
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.
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
Joonas - React port
PowerPoint shape definitions and some XML code via Officegen Project
Sponsor Us
If you find this library useful, please consider sponsoring us through a donation
License
Copyright © 2015-present Brent Ely
MIT