add_clone method

add_clone

Adds a copy of a specified layout slide to the presentation.

Returns

Added slide.

def add_clone(self, source_layout):
    ...

Parameter	Type	Description
source_layout	ILayoutSlide	Slide to clone.

Remarks

When cloning a layout between different presentations layout’s master can be cloned too to keep source formatting. Internal registry is used to track automatically cloned masters to prevent creation of multiple clones of the same master slide. Manual cloning of master slides will be neither prevented nor registered.

add_clone

Adds a copy of a specified layout slide to the presentation.

Returns

Added slide.

def add_clone(self, source_layout, dest_master):
    ...

Parameter	Type	Description
source_layout	ILayoutSlide	Slide to clone.
dest_master	IMasterSlide	Master slide for a new layout.

Remarks

1. New layout will be linked with defined master in destination presentation. So this is analogue of copy/paste with “Use Destination Theme” option in PowerPoint. 2) Analogue of this method is method Aspose.Slides.IMasterLayoutSlideCollection.AddClone(Aspose.Slide accessed with IMasterSlide.layout_slides property.

See Also

• class GlobalLayoutSlideCollection
• class ILayoutSlide
• class IMasterSlide
• module aspose.slides
• library Aspose.Slides