✅ Project status: active
ShapeCrawler (formerly SlideDotNet) is a .NET library for manipulating PowerPoint presentations. It provides fluent APIs to process slides without having Microsoft Office installed.
This library provides a simplified object model on top of the Open XML SDK for manipulating PowerPoint documents.
Support targets: .NET Framework 4.6.1+, .NET Core 2.0+ and .NET 5+
To get started, install ShapeCrawler from NuGet:
dotnet add package ShapeCrawler
The usage samples below will take you through some work experience with the presentation object model.
using System;
using System.Linq;
using ShapeCrawler;
public class TextSample
{
public static void Text()
{
// Open presentation and get first slide
using IPresentation presentation = SCPresentation.Open("helloWorld.pptx", isEditable: true);
SCSlide slide = presentation.Slides.First();
// Get text holder auto shape
IAutoShape autoShape = (IAutoShape)slide.Shapes.First(sp => sp is IAutoShape);
// Change whole shape text
autoShape.TextBox.Text = "A new shape text";
// Change text for a certain paragraph
IParagraph paragraph = autoShape.TextBox.Paragraphs[1];
paragraph.Text = "A new text for second paragraph";
// Get font name and size
IPortion paragraphPortion = autoShape.TextBox.Paragraphs.First().Portions.First();
Console.WriteLine($"Font name: {paragraphPortion.Font.Name}");
Console.WriteLine($"Font size: {paragraphPortion.Font.Size}");
// Set bold font
paragraphPortion.Font.IsBold = true;
// Save and close the presentation
presentation.Close();
}
}
using System;
using System.Linq;
using ShapeCrawler;
public class TableSample
{
public static void Table()
{
// Get first slide
using IPresentation presentation = SCPresentation.Open("helloWorld.pptx", isEditable: false);
SCSlide slide = presentation.Slides.First();
// Get table
ITable table = (ITable)slide.Shapes.First(sp => sp is ITable);
// Get number of rows in the table
int rowsCount = table.Rows.Count;
// Get number of cells in the first row
int rowCellsCount = table.Rows[0].Cells.Count;
// Print a message if the cell is a part of a merged cells group
foreach (SCTableRow row in table.Rows)
{
foreach (ITableCell cellItem in row.Cells)
{
if (cellItem.IsMergedCell)
{
Console.WriteLine("The cell is a part of a merged cells group.");
}
}
}
// Get column's width
Column tableColumn = table.Columns[0];
long columnWidth = tableColumn.Width;
// Get row's height
long rowHeight = table.Rows[0].Height;
// Get cell with row index 0 and column index 1
ITableCell cell = table[0, 1];
// Merge cells
table.MergeCells(table[0,0], table[0, 1]);
presentation.Close();
}
}
using System;
using System.Linq;
using ShapeCrawler;
public class ChartSample
{
public static void Chart()
{
using IPresentation presentation = SCPresentation.Open("helloWorld.pptx", isEditable: false);
SCSlide slide = presentation.Slides.First();
// Get chart
IChart chart = (IChart)slide.Shapes.First(sp => sp is IChart);
// Print title string if the chart has a title
if (chart.HasTitle)
{
Console.WriteLine(chart.Title);
}
if (chart.Type == ChartType.BarChart)
{
Console.WriteLine("Chart type is BarChart.");
}
presentation.Close();
}
}
using ShapeCrawler;
public class SlideMasterSample
{
public static void SlideMaster()
{
// Open presentation in the read mode
using IPresentation presentation = SCPresentation.Open("helloWorld.pptx", isEditable: false);
// Get number of Slide Masters in the presentation
int slideMastersCount = presentation.SlideMasters.Count;
// Get first Slide Master
SCSlideMaster slideMaster = presentation.SlideMasters[0];
// Get number of shapes in the Slide Master
int masterShapeCount = slideMaster.Shapes.Count;
presentation.Close();
}
}
Font Size is a tricky part of PowerPoint document structure since obtaining this value leads to parsing different presentation layers — Slide, Slide Layout or Slide Master. Hence, If you note that font size was incorrect defined, please report an issue with attaching your pptx-file example.
The project is in development, and I’m pretty sure there are still lots of things to add in this library. Try it out and let me know your thoughts.
Feel free to submit a ticket if you find bugs. Your valuable feedback is much appreciated to improve this project better. If you find this useful, please give it a star to show your support.
- Fork it (https://github.com/ShapeCrawler/ShapeCrawler/fork)
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature
) from master. - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature'
). - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature
). - Create a new Pull Request.
Don't hesitate to contact me if you want to get involved!
- Added .NET Standard 2.0 target.
To find out more, please check out the CHANGELOG.