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
Table of Contents (generated with DocToc)
- Live Demo
- Quick Start Guide
- Library API
- 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
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
<!-- 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
npm install pptxgenjs
var pptx = require("pptxgenjs");Yarn
yarn install pptxgenjsQuick Start Guide
PptxGenJS PowerPoint presentations are created via JavaScript by following 4 basic steps:
- Create a new Presentation
- Add a Slide
- Add one or more objects (Tables, Shapes, Images, Text and Media) to the Slide
- 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!
Library API
Presentation Creation/Options
Creating a Presentation
Presentation 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
Integration with Other Libraries
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>Typescript Definitions
As of version 2.3.0, typescript definitions are available (pptxgen.d.ts).
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 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
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View questions tagged
PptxGenJSon StackOverflow. If you can't find your question, ask it yourself - be sure to tag itPptxGenJS.
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
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.
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! ❤
License
Copyright © 2015-2019 Brent Ely