Why to Convert
The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a widely used file format for documents. It is used to store documents in a format that is independent of the application software, hardware, and operating system. However, the PDF format is not suitable for editing or presenting documents. Therefore, it is necessary to convert PDF documents to other formats such as Microsoft PowerPoint (PPT) or Microsoft PowerPoint Macro-Enabled Presentation (PPTM).
How Aspose.Total helps for PCL to PPTM Conversion
Aspose.Total for Android via Java is a comprehensive suite of APIs that enables developers to create, edit, and convert documents in various formats. It includes APIs for PDF, Slides, Words, Cells, and Barcode. By using Aspose.Total for Android via Java, you can easily integrate PCL to PPTM conversion feature inside your Android applications.
The process of converting PCL to PPTM involves two steps. In the first step, you can export PCL 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. Both APIs come under Aspose.Total for Android via Java package.
The Aspose.PDF for Android via Java API provides a wide range of features to manipulate PDF documents. It enables you to convert PCL to PDF, extract text from PDF, add images to PDF, add watermarks to PDF, and much more.
The Aspose.Slides for Android via Java API provides a wide range of features to manipulate PowerPoint documents. It enables you to convert PPTX to PPTM, extract text from PPTM, add images to PPTM, add watermarks to PPTM, and much more.
By using Aspose.Total for Android via Java, you can easily integrate PCL to PPTM conversion feature inside your Android applications. It is a comprehensive suite of APIs that enables developers to create, edit, and convert documents in various formats.
Android API to Export PCL to PPTM
- Open PCL file using Document class
- Convert PCL to PPTX by using save method
- Load PPTX document by using Presentation class
- Save the document to PPTM format using
save
method and set
Pptmas 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 PCL file with an instance of Document class
Document document = new Document("template.pcl");
// save PCL 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 PCL File in Android Apps
While loading PCL 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 PCL document
Document doc = new Document("input.pcl", "Your@Password");
// save PCL as PPTX format
document.save("PptxOutput.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);
Create Thumbnail Image of PPTM File in Android Applications
After converting PCL 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"));