MATLAB controls and writes PowerPoint

Version 1.0.0.0 (1.53 KB) by George Thiers
MATLAB as a COM client, Microsoft PowerPoint (or any Office 2003 application) as a COM server
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The MATLAB functions XLSREAD and XLSWRITE open Microsoft Excel as a COM Automation Server in the background, and read or write data. Using the same mechanism, it is possible to open, write to, and fully control Microsoft PowerPoint from MATLAB. The advantage is that from a single tool, both the data analysis and the presentation creation can be scripted.

This is the same functionality used in Mark Brown's submission referenced below. Mark Brown's "saveppt.m" is a cleanly packaged solution, whereas this submission is an open script intended to show what's going on, and empower users to create their own customized "pptwrite" functions.

Cite As

George Thiers (2024). MATLAB controls and writes PowerPoint (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/18457-matlab-controls-and-writes-powerpoint), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R2007a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
Windows macOS Linux
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Inspired by: saveppt

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1.0.0.0