Slides

Presentation.Slides property

Returns a list of all slides that are defined in the presentation. Read-only ISlideCollection.

public ISlideCollection Slides { get; }

Examples

The following example shows how to set slides’ background color of PowerPoint Presentation.

[C#]
// Instantiate the Presentation class that represents the presentation file
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation())
{
    // Set the background color of the first ISlide to Blue
    pres.Slides[0].Background.Type = BackgroundType.OwnBackground;
    pres.Slides[0].Background.FillFormat.FillType = FillType.Solid;
    pres.Slides[0].Background.FillFormat.SolidFillColor.Color = Color.Blue;
    pres.Save("ContentBG_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

The following example shows how to set slides’ background image of PowerPoint Presentation.

[C#]
// Instantiate the Presentation class that represents the presentation file
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("SetImageAsBackground.pptx"))
{
    // Set the background with Image
    pres.Slides[0].Background.Type = BackgroundType.OwnBackground;
    pres.Slides[0].Background.FillFormat.FillType = FillType.Picture;
    pres.Slides[0].Background.FillFormat.PictureFillFormat.PictureFillMode = PictureFillMode.Stretch;
    // Set the picture
    System.Drawing.Image img = (System.Drawing.Image)new Bitmap(dataDir + "Tulips.jpg");
    // Add image to presentation's images collection
    IPPImage imgx = pres.Images.AddImage(img);
    pres.Slides[0].Background.FillFormat.PictureFillFormat.Picture.Image = imgx;
    // Write the presentation to disk
    pres.Save("ContentBG_Img_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

The following example shows how to add slide transition Presentation.

[C#]
// Instantiate Presentation class to load the source presentation file
using (Presentation presentation = new Presentation("AccessSlides.pptx"))
{
    // Apply circle type transition on slide 1
    presentation.Slides[0].SlideShowTransition.Type = TransitionType.Circle;
    // Apply comb type transition on slide 2
    presentation.Slides[1].SlideShowTransition.Type = TransitionType.Comb;
    // Write the presentation to disk
    presentation.Save("SampleTransition_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

The following example shows how to add advanced slide Transition.

[C#]
// Instantiate Presentation class that represents a presentation file
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation("BetterSlideTransitions.pptx"))
{
    // Apply circle type transition on slide 1
    pres.Slides[0].SlideShowTransition.Type = TransitionType.Circle;
    // Set the transition time of 3 seconds
    pres.Slides[0].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceOnClick = true;
    pres.Slides[0].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceAfterTime = 3000;
    // Apply comb type transition on slide 2
    pres.Slides[1].SlideShowTransition.Type = TransitionType.Comb;
    // Set the transition time of 5 seconds
    pres.Slides[1].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceOnClick = true;
    pres.Slides[1].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceAfterTime = 5000;
    // Apply zoom type transition on slide 3
    pres.Slides[2].SlideShowTransition.Type = TransitionType.Zoom;
    // Set the transition time of 7 seconds
    pres.Slides[2].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceOnClick = true;
    pres.Slides[2].SlideShowTransition.AdvanceAfterTime = 7000;
    // Write the presentation to disk
    pres.Save("SampleTransition_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

See Also

Sections SlideShowSettings