ShapeCrawler is a .NET library for manipulating PowerPoint presentations. It provides a simplified object model on top of the Open XML SDK, allowing users to process presentations without having Microsoft Office installed.

• Quick Start
• How To?
  • Create presentation
  • More samples
• Prerelease Version
• Have questions?
• How to contribute
  • Bug Report
  • Code Contributing

dotnet add package ShapeCrawler

var pres = new Presentation("pres.pptx");
var shapes = pres.Slide(1).Shapes;

var shapesCount = shapes.Count;

// Get text
var shape = shapes.Shape("TextBox 1");
var text = shape.TextBox!.Text;

var pres = new Presentation(p => p.Slide());

var shapes = pres.Slide(1).Shapes;

shapes.AddShape(x: 50, y: 60, width: 100, height: 70);
var addedShape = shapes.Last();

addedShape.TextBox!.SetText("Hello World!");

pres.Save("pres.pptx");

var pres = new Presentation("pres.pptx");
var picture = pres.Slide(1).Shape("Picture 1").Picture!;

var image = System.IO.File.OpenRead("new-image.png");
picture.Image!.Update(image);
pres.Save();

var mimeType = picture.Image!.Mime;

You can find more usage samples in Examples.

To access the latest prerelease builds from the branch master, use the NuGet package source https://www.myget.org/F/shape/api/v3/index.json.

If you have a question:

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• You can always email the author at theadamo86@gmail.com

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If you encounter an issue, report the bug on the issue page.

To be able to reproduce a bug, it's often necessary to have the original presentation file attached to the issue description. If this file contains confidential data and cannot be shared publicly, you can securely send it to theadamo86@gmail.com. Of course, if your security policy allow this. We assure you that only the maintainer will access this file, and it will not be shared publicly.

Pull Requests are welcome! Please read the Contribution Guide for more details.

🐞Fixed update table shape width #1103

Visit CHANGELOG.md to see the full change history.