ppt2png
Package: WA2L/WinTools 1.2.08
Section: General Commands (1)
Updated: 22 August 2018
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NAME
ppt2png - save all slides of PowerPoint™ presentation(s) to separate image files
SYNOPSIS
WA2LWinTools/bin/ppt2png
[
-h
|
-i
|
-u
|
-V
]
ppt2png
[
file...
]
AVAILABILITY
WA2L/WinTools
DESCRIPTION
save each slide of PowerPoint™ presentation(s) to single image
files (
*.png
by default).
The image files have the identical name as the original presentation
file with the slide number appended, as:
Presentation File Name.pptx (Slide 07).png.
The output file for a certain slide is only generated if there is not
already a file with the same name existing.
The
ppt2png
command should be installed to the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Microsoft™ Windows Explorer'
for most convenient usage. To do so, invoke
ppt2png -i
once.
The default width of the PNG file produced is 1000 pixels.
The image size can be changed by setting
IMAGE_WIDTH=width
or
IMAGE_HEIGHT=height
in the optional
etc/ppt2png.cfg
file.
OPTIONS
- -h
-
usage message.
- -i
-
install the
ppt2png
command as menu point
'ppt2png'
to the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Windows Explorer'.
- -u
-
uninstall the
ppt2png
shortcut from the
'Send To'
context menu in
'Windows Explorer'.
- file...
-
list of
*.pptx
or
*.ppt
files to save the slides as images.
When installed in the
'Send To'
menu the selected file(s) in
'Windows Explorer'
are passed as a list of files to the
ppt2png
command and all slides of all given presentation files are
saved as separate image files.
If no file is specified, you are queried to select a file
by a open file box dialog where you then can select one
file to be processed.
ENVIRONMENT
-
EXIT STATUS
- 0
-
no error.
- 1
-
error occurred. See command output for more details.
You have 120 seconds time to see the output of the command
to identify the error condition(s).
- 4
-
usage message displayed.
- 5
-
version message displayed.
FILES
- etc/ppt2png.cfg
-
optional configuration file for
ppt2png.
See:
ppt2png.cfg(4)
for more information.
- lib/pagenumbers.pptx
-
test file containing numbered pages.
Copy this file to your working directory and play
around with the
ppt2png
command.
EXAMPLES
-
SEE ALSO
wintoolsintro(1),
config(1m),
xps2png(1),
https://support.microsoft.com/de-ch/kb/827745,
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/827745
NOTES
If you have the pleasure to use a managed IT environment where your
PC is maintained by your organization, you might notice that you are
not able to export PowerPoint™ slides in higher resolutions as
the default because you are not allowed to change the registry.
With
ppt2png
you can pass this hurdle, because now you can generate images with
higher resolution/size by editing the
etc/ppt2png.cfg
configuration file and you don't need to touch the registry.
See also
https://support.microsoft.com/de-ch/kb/827745
or
https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/kb/827745
regarding the change of the exporting resolution in PowerPoint™
by editing the registry.
BUGS
while processing the presentation files,
ppt2png
starts a visible PowerPoint™ application window; please do not touch
the started application, else it interferes with the export process.
AUTHOR
ppt2png was developed by Christian Walther. Send suggestions
and bug reports to wa2l@users.sourceforge.net .
COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 2020
Christian Walther
This is free software; see
WA2LWinTools/man/COPYING
for copying conditions. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY; not
even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
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