# PPTX

> PowerPoint presentation toolkit for creating new presentations, editing existing ones, and using templates. Supports HTML-to-PPTX conversion, slide manipulation, and professional design. Use when building presentations, slide decks, or visual reports.

- Skill: `vamseeachanta/pptx-2` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add vamseeachanta/pptx-2`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/vamseeachanta/pptx-2/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Web & Frontend
- Author: vamseeachanta (https://skillmd.com/u/vamseeachanta)
- Updated: 2026-09-17
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/vamseeachanta/pptx-2

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# Pptx

## Overview

This skill provides three primary workflows for PowerPoint manipulation: creating from scratch, editing existing presentations, and using templates.

## Quick Start

```python
from pptx import Presentation
from pptx.util import Inches, Pt

prs = Presentation()

# Add title slide
title_slide = prs.slides.add_slide(prs.slide_layouts[0])
title_slide.shapes.title.text = "My Presentation"
title_slide.placeholders[1].text = "By Claude"

prs.save("presentation.pptx")
```

## When to Use

- Creating automated presentation reports
- Building slide decks from data
- Generating pitch presentations
- Converting HTML content to slides
- Adding charts and tables to presentations
- Batch processing multiple presentations
- Updating existing presentations programmatically
- Creating consistent branded presentations from templates

## Version History

- **1.1.0** (2026-01-02): Added Quick Start, When to Use, Execution Checklist, Error Handling, Metrics sections; updated frontmatter with version, category, related_skills
- **1.0.0** (2024-10-15): Initial release with python-pptx, templates, OOXML editing

## Sub-Skills

- [Execution Checklist](execution-checklist/SKILL.md)
- [Error Handling](error-handling/SKILL.md)
- [Metrics](metrics/SKILL.md)
- [Quick Reference](quick-reference/SKILL.md)
- [Dependencies](dependencies/SKILL.md)

## Sub-Skills

- [Basic Creation with python-pptx (+3)](basic-creation-with-python-pptx/SKILL.md)
- [Before Writing Code (+1)](before-writing-code/SKILL.md)
- [Read and Modify (+2)](read-and-modify/SKILL.md)
- [Apply Template](apply-template/SKILL.md)
- [Unpack Presentation (+2)](unpack-presentation/SKILL.md)