DrawingGuides

CommonSlideViewProperties.DrawingGuides property

Returns the collection of the drawing guides. Read-only IDrawingGuidesCollection

public IDrawingGuidesCollection DrawingGuides { get; }

Examples

The following sample code shows how to add the new drawing guides in a PowerPoint presentation.

[C#]
using (Presentation pres = new Presentation())
{
    var slideSize = pres.SlideSize.Size;
    
    IDrawingGuidesCollection guides = pres.ViewProperties.SlideViewProperties.DrawingGuides;
    // Adding the new vertical drawing guide to the right of the slide center
    guides.Add(Orientation.Vertical, slideSize.Width / 2 + 12.5f);
    // Adding the new horizontal drawing guide below the slide center
    guides.Add(Orientation.Horizontal, slideSize.Height / 2 + 12.5f);
    
    pres.Save("DrawingGuides_out.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
}

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