Merge PPS Files into PPTM in Python

Combine PowerPoint Slide Show files and save the merged slides as a PPTM presentation with a cross-platform Python API

Merge PPS to PPTM in Python

Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET lets you merge PowerPoint Slide Show (PPS) files by cloning slides from one presentation into another. After combining the slides with ISlideCollection.add_clone, call Presentation.save with SaveFormat.PPTM to save the merged slides as a single PPTM presentation.

Merge PPS files to PPTM using Python

Open the destination and source PPS presentations, append a clone of each source slide, and save the merged presentation as a PPTM file.

Python code for merging PPS files into a single PPTM presentation

with slides.Presentation("destination.pps") as destination_presentation:
    with slides.Presentation("source.pps") as source_presentation:
        for slide in source_presentation.slides:
            destination_presentation.slides.add_clone(slide)

    destination_presentation.save("merged-presentation.pptm", slides.export.SaveFormat.PPTM)

How to merge PPS files into PPTM with Aspose.Slides for Python

Follow these steps to merge two PPS files and save the result as a single PPTM presentation.

  1. Install Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET by following the installation guide .

    pip install aspose-slides
    

  2. Make the aspose.slides namespace available in your Python project.

  3. Open the destination and source PPS files as Presentation instances.

  4. Iterate through the source slides and call ISlideCollection.add_clone for each slide.

  5. Call Presentation.save with SaveFormat.PPTM to save the merged slides as a single PPTM presentation.