pptx-export-slides: a powerpoint slides export tool (to PDF or PNG)

A Bash script to convert PowerPoint (.pptx) presentations into:

• A PDF of the entire presentation
• Per-slide images (PNG or JPEG)
• An optional ZIP archive of generated images

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Installing

The script depends on: LibreOffice (for PPTX → PDF), poppler (pdftoppm, for PDF → images) (and optionally if you want a brew installyou ned Homebrew for macOS).

Simplest: using brew

brew tap pedrolopes/tools
install pptx-export-slides
brew install --cask libreoffice

Automatic: using install.sh

git clione https://github.com/PedroLopes/pptx-export-slides
chmod+x install.sh
./install.sh

(Or you can install dependencies manually by running brew intall poppler and brew install --cask libreoffice.)

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Basic Usage

./slides.sh --pptx FILE.pptx

This will generate:

• FILE.pdf
• png-output/FILE-*.png
• FILE.zip

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Command-Line Options

Required

Option Description

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--pptx FILE Input PowerPoint file

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General Options

Option Description

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--workdir DIR Working directory (default: current directory) --outdir DIR Output directory for images (default: png-output) --name NAME Base name for output files --no-install Skip dependency installation --help, -h Show help and exit

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Output Control

Option Description

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--pdf-only Generate only the PDF --png-only Generate only images --no-zip Do not create ZIP archive

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Image Options

Option Description

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--dpi N Image resolution in DPI (default: 150) --format png\|jpeg Image format (default: png) --slides A-B Export only slides A through B (1-based)

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Examples

High-resolution PNGs (slides 2--6 only)

./slides.sh --pptx talk.pptx --dpi 300 --slides 2-6

JPEG images only, no ZIP

./slides.sh --pptx talk.pptx --format jpeg --png-only --no-zip

PDF only

./slides.sh --pptx talk.pptx --pdf-only

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Output Files

Depending on options used, the script may produce:

• NAME.pdf
• OUTDIR/NAME-1.png, NAME-2.png, ...
• NAME.zip

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Notes

• Slide numbering matches that of PowerPoint.
• PNG and JPEG generation is handled by pdftoppm.

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License

GNU GPL.