How to create a PowerPoint presentation file in WPF

PowerPoint presentation is a file format that allows you to create and show a series of slides containing text, shapes, charts, images and SmartArt diagrams with rich set of formatting options to make your presentation more attractive and memorable. Syncfusion® Essential® Presentation is a .NET PowerPoint library used to create, open, read, edit, and convert PowerPoint presentations. Using this library, you can start creating a PowerPoint document in WPF.

Steps to create a PowerPoint presentation file in WPF:

1. Create a new WPF application.

1. Install Syncfusion.Presentation.Base NuGet package to the console application project from nuget.org. For more information about adding a NuGet feed in Visual Studio and installing NuGet packages, refer to documentation.

2. Include the following namespace in the MainWindow.xaml.cs file.

using Syncfusion.Presentation;

Imports Syncfusion.Presentation

3. Use the following code snippet to create PowerPoint presentation with “Hello World” text.

//Create a new PowerPoint presentation
IPresentation powerpointDoc = Presentation.Create();
 
//Add a blank slide to the presentation
ISlide slide = powerpointDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank);
 
//Add a textbox to the slide
IShape shape = slide.AddTextBox(400, 100, 500, 100);
 
//Add a text to the textbox.
shape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Hello World!!!");
 
//Save the PowerPoint presentation
powerpointDoc.Save("Sample.pptx");
 
//Close the PowerPoint presentation
powerpointDoc.Close();

'Create a new PowerPoint presentation
Dim powerpointDoc As IPresentation = Presentation.Create()
 
'Add a blank slide to the presentation
Dim slide As ISlide = powerpointDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank)
 
'Add a textbox to the slide
Dim shape As IShape = slide.AddTextBox(400, 100, 500, 100)
 
'Add a text to the textbox.
shape.TextBody.AddParagraph("Hello World!!!")
 
'Save the PowerPoint presentation
powerpointDoc.Save("Sample.pptx")
 
'Close the PowerPoint presentation
powerpointDoc.Close()

You can download the working sample from Create-PowerPoint.Zip.

By executing the program, you will get the PowerPoint document as follows.

Take a moment to peruse the documentation, where you can find other options to format the text with code examples.

Refer here to explore the rich set of Syncfusion® Essential® Presentation features.

An online sample link to add text to a slide Hello world PowerPoint document

See Also:

Create a PowerPoint file in ASP.NET MVC

Create a PowerPoint file in ASP.NET

Create a PowerPoint file in Windows Forms

Create a PowerPoint file in Xamarin

Create a PowerPoint file in UWP

Note:

Starting with v16.2.0.x, if you reference Syncfusion® assemblies from trial setup or from the NuGet feed, include a license key in your projects. Refer to link to learn about generating and registering Syncfusion® license key in your application to use the components without trail message.