Why to Convert
The need to convert Markdown (MD) to PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (PPTM) format arises when you want to add interactive elements to your presentation. PPTM format allows you to add macros, which can be used to automate certain tasks and make your presentation more interactive.
How Aspose.Total Helps for MD to PPTM Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a comprehensive suite of APIs that enables you to easily integrate MD to PPTM conversion feature inside your Android applications. It consists of two APIs, Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java.
Using Aspose.PDF for Android via Java, you can export MD to PPTX format. After that, you can use Aspose.Slides for Android via Java to convert PPTX to PPTM format. Both APIs come under Aspose.Total for Android via Java package.
The process of MD to PPTM conversion is quite simple and can be done in two steps. In the first step, you can export MD to PPTX by using Aspose.PDF for Android via Java. After that, by using Aspose.Slides for Android via Java, you can convert PPTX to PPTM.
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a powerful suite of APIs that makes it easy to integrate MD to PPTM conversion feature inside your Android applications. It provides two APIs, Aspose.PDF for Android via Java and Aspose.Slides for Android via Java, which can be used to export MD to PPTX and convert PPTX to PPTM respectively. The process of MD to PPTM conversion is quite simple and can be done in two steps.
Android API to Export MD to PPTM
- 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 PPTM format using
save
method and set
Pptm
as 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 Pptm format
presentation.save("output.pptm", SaveFormat.Pptm);
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 PPTM File in Android Applications
After converting MD to PPTM, 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 PPTM file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("output.pptm");
// 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"));