Merge PPTX files to POTX together in Python

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Merge PPTX to POTX 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 PPTX 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 PPTX files to POTX 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 PPTX into single POTX file
import aspose.slides as slides


with slides.Presentation("presentation1.pptx") as pres1:
    with slides.Presentation("presentation2.pptx") as pres2:
        for slide in pres2.slides:
            pres1.slides.add_clone(slide)
    pres1.save("presentation.potx", slides.export.SaveFormat.POTX)

How to merge PPTX to POTX using Aspose.Slides for Python API

These are the steps to merge two PPTX files and save result as POTX in Python.

Install Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET .
```
pip install aspose.slides
```
Add a library reference (import the library) to your Python project.
```
import aspose.slides as slides
```

Open the source PPTX files in Python.

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

Combine PPTX files using add_clone method.

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

Save presentation and get result as single POTX file.

pres1.save("presentation.potx", slides.export.SaveFormat.POTX)

Export PPTX To Other Supported Formats

You can also combine PPTX and save to other file formats. See all supported formats below