Extract Text and Images from PPT presentation using Python

Build your own Python apps for extracting text, image, video and audio files from PowerPoint using server-side APIs.

Extract Text from PPT Presentation via Python

To scan the text from the whole presentation, use the GetAllTextFrames static method exposed by the SlideUtil class. The code below scans the text and formatting information from a presentation, including the master slides.

Extracting Text from PPT Presentation using Python
import aspose.slides as slides

#Instatiate Presentation class that represents a PPT file
with slides.Presentation("pres.ppt") as pptxPresentation:
    # Get an Array of ITextFrame objects from all slides in the PPT
    textFramesPPTX = slides.util.SlideUtil.get_all_text_frames(pptxPresentation, True)
    
    # Loop through the Array of TextFrames
    for i in range(len(textFramesPPTX)):
	    # Loop through paragraphs in current ITextFrame
        for para in textFramesPPTX[i].paragraphs:
            # Loop through portions in the current IParagraph
            for port in para.portions:
			    # Display text in the current portion
                print(port.text)

    			# Display font height of the text
                print(port.portion_format.font_height)

			    # Display font name of the text
                if port.portion_format.latin_font != None:
                    print(port.portion_format.latin_font.font_name)

How to Extract Text from PPT via Python

These are the steps to Parse PPT files.

Load PPT with an instance of Presentation
Get an Array of TextFrame objects from all slides in the PPT
Loop through the Array of TextFrames
Loop through paragraphs in current TextFrame
Loop through portions in the current Paragraph
Get text in the current portion

Other Supported Parse Formats

Using Python, You can also scan the following formats:

ODP

PPTX