Presentation Options

Metadata

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Metadata Properties

There are several optional PowerPoint metadata properties that can be set.

Metadata Properties Examples

PptxGenJS uses ES6-style getters/setters.

pptx.author = 'Brent Ely';pptx.company = 'S.T.A.R. Laboratories';pptx.revision = '15';pptx.subject = 'Annual Report';pptx.title = 'PptxGenJS Sample Presentation';

Slide Layouts (Sizes)

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Layout Option applies to all the Slides in the current Presentation.

Slide Layout Syntax

pptx.layout = 'LAYOUT_NAME';

Standard Slide Layouts

Layout Name	Default	Layout Slide Size
LAYOUT_16x9	Yes	10 x 5.625 inches
LAYOUT_16x10	No	10 x 6.25 inches
LAYOUT_4x3	No	10 x 7.5 inches
LAYOUT_WIDE	No	13.3 x 7.5 inches

Custom Slide Layouts

Custom, user-defined layouts are supported

• Use the defineLayout() method to create a custom layout of any size
• Create as many layouts as needed, ex: create an 'A3' and 'A4' and set layouts as desired

Custom Slide Layout Example

// Define new layout for the Presentationpptx.defineLayout({ name:'A3', width:16.5, height:11.7 });
// Set presentation to use new layoutpptx.layout = 'A3'

Text Direction

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Text Direction Options

Right-to-Left (RTL) text is supported. Simply set the RTL mode at the Presentation-level.

Text Direction Examples

// Set right-to-left text modepptx.rtlMode = true;

Notes:

• You may also need to set an RTL lang value such as lang='he' as the default lang is 'EN-US'
• See Issue#600 for more