Converting PowerPoint Presentations to PDFs

DynamicPDF converter supports converting Power Point files to PDFs. The following example illustrates converting a Power Point to PDF.

PowerPointConverter

Use the PowerPointConverter class to convert Power Point presentations to PDF. The PowerPointConverter class has properties, methods, and events for conversion.

Events include PowerPointConverter.Completed and PowerPointConverter.ProgressChanged events.

PowerPointConversionOptions

Use the PowerPointConversionOptions class to set a PowerPointConverter class's properties. Set properties for the PowerPointConverter class using the PowerPointConversionOptions class.

The PowerPointConversionOptions class has the following properties:

• OutputType,
• PdfA, and
• PowerPointSlideRange.

These properties are in addition to the inherited ConversionOptions class's properties.

Power Point to PDF with Advanced Options

The following example demonstrates using the PowerPointConverter class along with the PowerPointConversionOptions to set advanced options for converting a PPT.

PowerPointConversionOptions powerPointConversionOptions = new PowerPointConversionOptions(PageSize.A4, PageOrientation.Portrait, 36);
HandoutOutputType handout = PowerPointOutputType.Handout;
handout.HandoutPrintOrder = HandoutPrintOrder.Horizontal;
handout.SlidesPerPage = SlidesPerPage.Six;
handout.FrameSlides = true;
powerPointConversionOptions.OutputType = handout;
           powerPointConversionOptions.OutputType.PrintHiddenSlide = true;
PowerPointConverter powerPointConverter1 = new PowerPointConverter(@"DocumentA.pptx", powerPointConversionOptions);
powerPointConverter1.Convert(outputPdf);

Dim powerPointConversionOptions As New PowerPointConversionOptions(PageSize.A4, PageOrientation.Portrait, 36)

Dim handout As HandoutOutputType = PowerPointOutputType.Handout
handout.HandoutPrintOrder = HandoutPrintOrder.Horizontal
handout.SlidesPerPage = SlidesPerPage.Six
handout.FrameSlides = True
powerPointConversionOptions.OutputType = handout
powerPointConversionOptions.OutputType.PrintHiddenSlide = True
Dim powerPointConverter1 As New PowerPointConverter("DocumentA.pptx", powerPointConversionOptions)
powerPointConverter1.Convert(outputPdf)