Powerpoint from python code

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Powerpoint from code

Using code for a powerpoint is a useful approach to have chatgpt and other LLMs create powerpoint slides from documents or a textual description.

Usage

pip install -r requirements.txt
python make_powerpoint.py

make_powerpoint.py

from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches
from pptx.enum.chart import XL_CHART_TYPE

# Create a presentation object
prs = Presentation()

# Add a title slide
slide_layout = prs.slide_layouts[0]  # 0 is the layout for the title slide
slide = prs.slides.add_slide(slide_layout)
title = slide.shapes.title
subtitle = slide.placeholders[1]

title.text = "Welcome to the Presentation"
subtitle.text = "This presentation contains text, a table, and a chart."

# Add a slide with a title and content
slide_layout = prs.slide_layouts[1]  # 1 is the layout for title and content
slide = prs.slides.add_slide(slide_layout)
title = slide.shapes.title
content = slide.placeholders[1]

title.text = "Agenda"
content.text = "1. Introduction\n2. Main Content\n3. Conclusion"

# Add a slide with a table
slide_layout = prs.slide_layouts[5]  # 5 is the layout for title and content
slide = prs.slides.add_slide(slide_layout)
title = slide.shapes.title
title.text = "Data Table"

# Define table dimensions
rows = 3
cols = 4
left = Inches(2)
top = Inches(2)
width = Inches(6)
height = Inches(1.5)

# Add table
table = slide.shapes.add_table(rows, cols, left, top, width, height).table

# Set column headings
table.columns[0].width = Inches(1.5)
table.columns[1].width = Inches(1.5)
table.columns[2].width = Inches(1.5)
table.columns[3].width = Inches(1.5)

table.cell(0, 0).text = 'Header 1'
table.cell(0, 1).text = 'Header 2'
table.cell(0, 2).text = 'Header 3'
table.cell(0, 3).text = 'Header 4'

# Add data to the table
table.cell(1, 0).text = 'Data 1'
table.cell(1, 1).text = 'Data 2'
table.cell(1, 2).text = 'Data 3'
table.cell(1, 3).text = 'Data 4'

table.cell(2, 0).text = 'Data 5'
table.cell(2, 1).text = 'Data 6'
table.cell(2, 2).text = 'Data 7'
table.cell(2, 3).text = 'Data 8'

prs.save('combined_presentation.pptx')

requirements.txt

python-pptx

Run: pip install python-pptx

from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches, Pt
from pptx.dml.color import RGBColor
from pptx.enum.text import PP_ALIGN

prs = Presentation()
prs.slide_width = Inches(13.33) # 16:9 widescreen
prs.slide_height = Inches(7.5)
blank_layout = prs.slide_layouts[6]

def set_bg(slide, r, g, b):
bg = slide.background
fill = bg.fill
fill.solid()
fill.fore_color.rgb = RGBColor(r, g, b)

--- SLIDE 1: Title & Hook ---

slide1 = prs.slides.add_slide(blank_layout)
set_bg(slide1, 230, 245, 255) # Soft Sky Blue

tx_box1 = slide1.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.5), Inches(2.0), Inches(10.33), Inches(3.5))
tf1 = tx_box1.text_frame
p1 = tf1.paragraphs[0]
p1.text = "The Swing"
p1.font.size = Pt(64)
p1.font.bold = True
p1.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(24, 76, 120)
p1.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER

p2 = tf1.add_paragraph()
p2.text = "By Robert Louis Stevenson\nGrade 2 English • Interactive Smart Board Lesson"
p2.font.size = Pt(28)
p2.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(80, 80, 80)
p2.alignment = PP_ALIGN.CENTER

--- SLIDE 2: Illustrated Poem Text ---

slide2 = prs.slides.add_slide(blank_layout)
set_bg(slide2, 255, 253, 240) # Warm Light Yellow

title2 = slide2.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.0), Inches(0.6), Inches(11.33), Inches(1.0))
p_t2 = title2.text_frame.paragraphs[0]
p_t2.text = "Let's Read & Swing Together!"
p_t2.font.size = Pt(36)
p_t2.font.bold = True
p_t2.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(20, 80, 50)

poem_box = slide2.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.0), Inches(1.8), Inches(11.33), Inches(5.0))
tf2 = poem_box.text_frame

stanzas = [
"How do you like to go up in a swing,\nUp in the air so blue?\nOh, I do think it the pleasantest thing\nEver a child can do!",
"Up in the air and over the wall,\nTill I can see so wide,\nRivers and trees and cattle and all\nOver the countryside—",
"Till I look down on the garden green,\nDown on the roof so brown—\nUp in the air I go flying again,\nUp in the air and down!"
]

for stanza in stanzas:
p = tf2.add_paragraph()
p.text = stanza
p.font.size = Pt(20)
p.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(40, 40, 40)
p.space_after = Pt(14)

--- SLIDE 3: Interactive Rhyme Match ---

slide3 = prs.slides.add_slide(blank_layout)
set_bg(slide3, 245, 240, 255) # Light Lavender

title3 = slide3.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.0), Inches(0.6), Inches(11.33), Inches(1.0))
p_t3 = title3.text_frame.paragraphs[0]
p_t3.text = "Touch & Match: The Rhyme Challenge!"
p_t3.font.size = Pt(36)
p_t3.font.bold = True
p_t3.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(90, 40, 140)

col1 = slide3.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(2.0), Inches(2.2), Inches(4.0), Inches(4.5))
tf_c1 = col1.text_frame
for word in ["Swing", "Blue", "Wall", "Brown"]:
p = tf_c1.add_paragraph()
p.text = word
p.font.size = Pt(30)
p.font.bold = True
p.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(0, 102, 204)
p.space_after = Pt(24)

col2 = slide3.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(7.5), Inches(2.2), Inches(4.0), Inches(4.5))
tf_c2 = col2.text_frame
for target in ["Thing", "Do", "All", "Down"]:
p = tf_c2.add_paragraph()
p.text = f"➔ {target}"
p.font.size = Pt(30)
p.font.bold = True
p.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(204, 51, 0)
p.space_after = Pt(24)

--- SLIDE 4: Review & Home Mission ---

slide4 = prs.slides.add_slide(blank_layout)
set_bg(slide4, 240, 255, 245) # Mint White

title4 = slide4.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.0), Inches(0.8), Inches(11.33), Inches(1.0))
p_t4 = title4.text_frame.paragraphs[0]
p_t4.text = "Colors & Home Mission"
p_t4.font.size = Pt(36)
p_t4.font.bold = True
p_t4.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(0, 120, 90)

body4 = slide4.shapes.add_textbox(Inches(1.5), Inches(2.2), Inches(10.33), Inches(4.5))
tf4 = body4.text_frame

items = [
"Colors from the Swing:",
" • Blue — Air / Sky",
" • Green — Garden",
" • Brown — Roof",
"",
"Home Mission:",
" 1. Draw a pretty swing tied to a big tree in your notebook.",
" 2. Write down your favorite rhyming pair below the drawing (e.g., Brown — Down)."
]

for item in items:
p = tf4.add_paragraph()
p.text = item
p.font.size = Pt(24)
p.font.color.rgb = RGBColor(50, 50, 50)
p.space_after = Pt(8)

prs.save("The_Swing_Microteaching.pptx")
print("Presentation generated successfully as 'The_Swing_Microteaching.pptx'")