Merge PPT files to ODP together in Python

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Merge PPT to ODP in Python

Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET is a powerful Python library for creating and manipulating presentation files. Moreover, it provides flexible ways to combine multiple PPT presentations. When you merge one presentation to another, you are effectively combining their slides in a single presentation to obtain one file. Aspose.Slides allows you merge two presentations in different ways. You get to merge presentations with all their shapes, styles, texts, formatting, comments, animations, etc. without having to worry about loss of quality or data.

Merge PPT files to ODP using Python

To merge the PowerPoint presentations, you will need to clone the slides from one presentation to the other.

Python code for merge multiple PPT into single ODP file


import aspose.slides as slides


with slides.Presentation("presentation1.ppt") as pres1:
    with slides.Presentation("presentation2.ppt") as pres2:
        for slide in pres2.slides:
            pres1.slides.add_clone(slide)
    pres1.save("presentation.odp", slides.export.SaveFormat.ODP)

How to merge PPT to ODP using Aspose.Slides for Python API

These are the steps to merge two PPT files and save result as ODP in Python.

  1. Install Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET .

    pip install aspose.slides
    

  2. Add a library reference (import the library) to your Python project.

    import aspose.slides as slides
    

  3. Open the source PPT files in Python.

    pres1 = slides.Presentation('pres1.ppt')
    pres2 = slides.Presentation('pres2.ppt')
    

  4. Combine PPT files using add_clone method.

    for slide in pres2.slides:
        pres1.slides.add_clone(slide)
    

  5. Save presentation and get result as single ODP file.

    pres1.save("presentation.odp", slides.export.SaveFormat.ODP)