Why to Convert
The need to convert Markdown (MD) to PowerPoint Template (POT) arises when you want to create a presentation with a consistent look and feel. MD is a lightweight markup language used for formatting text documents, while POT is a template format used to create presentations in Microsoft PowerPoint. By converting MD to POT, you can create a presentation with a consistent look and feel, without having to manually format each slide.
How Aspose.Total Helps for MD to POT Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a comprehensive suite of APIs that enables developers to easily integrate document processing features into their Android applications. It includes two APIs, Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java, which can be used to convert MD to POT.
To convert MD to POT, you first need to export MD to PPTX using Aspose.PDF for Android via Java. This API provides a wide range of features for manipulating PDF documents, including the ability to export PDF documents to other formats such as PPTX. After that, you can use Aspose.Slides for Android via Java to convert PPTX to POT. This API provides a comprehensive set of features for manipulating PowerPoint presentations, including the ability to convert presentations to other formats such as POT.
By using Aspose.Total for Android via Java, you can easily integrate MD to POT conversion feature into your Android applications. It provides a simple and efficient way to convert MD to POT, without having to manually format each slide.
Android API to Export MD to POT
- Open MD file using Document class
- Convert MD to PPTX by using save method
- Load PPTX document by using Presentation class
- Save the document to POT format using
save
method and set
Potas SaveFormat
Get Started with Java File Format APIs
You can easily use Aspose.Total for Android via Java directly from Maven and install Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java in your applications.
Alternatively, you can get a ZIP file from downloads .
// load MD file with an instance of Document class
Document document = new Document("template.md");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a PPTX file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("PptxOutput.pptx");
// save the presentation as Pot format
presentation.save("output.pot", SaveFormat.Pot);
Open Password Protected MD File in Android Apps
While loading MD file format, your document might be password protected. Aspose.PDF for Android via Java allows you open encrypted documents as well. In order to open the encrypted file, you can initialize new instance of the Document class and pass filename and password as arguments.
// open MD document
Document doc = new Document("input.md", "Your@Password");
// save MD as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
Create Thumbnail Image of POT File in Android Applications
After converting MD to POT, you can also create thumbnail images of your output document. By using rich in feature Aspose.Slides for Android via Java you can generate thumbnail images of the slides by creating and instance of the Presentation class. After that, you can obtain the reference of any desired slide by using its ID or index and get the thumbnail image of the referenced slide on a specified scale.
// instantiate a Presentation object that represents a POT file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("output.pot");
// access the first slide
ISlide sld = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0);
// create a full scale image
BufferedImage image = sld.getThumbnail(1f, 1f);
// save the image to disk in PNG format
ImageIO.write(image, "PNG", new java.io.File("Thumbnail_out.png"));