# Powershell script to export Powerpoint slides as jpg images using the Powerpoint COM API

Export-Slide.ps1

# Powershell script to export Powerpoint slides as jpg images using the Powerpoint COM API

function Export-Slide($inputFile, $slideNumber, $outputFile)
{
	# Load Powerpoint Interop Assembly
	[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialname("Microsoft.Office.Interop.Powerpoint") > $null
	[Reflection.Assembly]::LoadWithPartialname("Office") > $null

	$msoFalse =  [Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTristate]::msoFalse
	$msoTrue =  [Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoTristate]::msoTrue

	# start Powerpoint
	$application = New-Object "Microsoft.Office.Interop.Powerpoint.ApplicationClass" 

	# Make sure inputFile is an absolte path
	$inputFile = Resolve-Path $inputFile
   
	$presentation = $application.Presentations.Open($inputFile, $msoTrue, $msoFalse, $msoFalse)
	
	$slide = $presentation.Slides.Item($slideNumber)
	$slide.Export($outputFile, "JPG")
	
	$slide = $null
	
	$presentation.Close()
	$presentation = $null
	
	if($application.Windows.Count -eq 0)
	{
		$application.Quit()
	}
	
	$application = $null
	
	# Make sure references to COM objects are released, otherwise powerpoint might not close
	# (calling the methods twice is intentional, see https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa679807(office.11).aspx#officeinteroperabilitych2_part2_gc)
	[System.GC]::Collect();
	[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers();
	[System.GC]::Collect();
	[System.GC]::WaitForPendingFinalizers();       
}

Have you had any success using this with O365? I think they have pulled the interop module.

I haven't used this script since 2017, but I just tried it with the current version of PowerPint.

I could not get the export to work, but the COM Interop API still seems to be in place, so in principle I think this should still work.

Thanks for trying. What version are you running? 2019? I'm Microsoft 365 Apps v. 2210 and I failed to load the assemblies. Read a few reports office had dropped the interop api.

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I'm using the Microsoft 365 version 2210.

Which version of Powershell are you using?
Loading the Assembly seems to work fine on Windows PowerShell/PowerShell 5 but it doesn't work for me on PowerShell Core/PowerShell 7

Yes using powershell 7. Will see if I can use the windows version, it makes sense if the module isn't Net core compatible and needs all the Windows apis to work.

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