Manage powerpoint on Matlab

Hello,

Part of my job is now to create powerpoint with a lot of figure which "that is good ..." "that is not..". And all of the figure came from Matlab. I spent time to copy/paste one by one (and resizing since my Matlab figure are big). I searched how to automate this but I didn't find the keys.

Apparently, it involves the COM Auomation but I don't find documentation on it.

I found those things, which looked helpful but...

Is there an xample of using Matlab to create powerpoint slides

saveppt on File Exchange

I tried to copy-past the saveppt code (my trash.m file), but I get an error (although the file exist) :

??? Invoke Error, Dispatch Exception: Le fichier spécifié est introuvable.

op = invoke(ppt.Presentations,'Open','validation_ppt.pptx',[],[],0);

in english : The specified file is missing.

I don't find any documentation on this. So I'm blocked.

If someone tells me : "Hey, here there is a pdf file on COM Automation server which explain how it works in Matlab." I would be happy.

(I don't really searched an answer on my present issue, since it will only be the first of the list. But how to get find documentation.)

EDIT : I linked the wrong file.

[Ortinomax]

Thanks Sebastian Castro

One solution lead to another problem. So i'm stuck again. I tried to have my figure copied in the clipboard and then paste on the powerpoint.

ppt = actxserver('powerpoint.application');
myPres=ppt.Presentations.Open('D:\Perso\myppt.pptx');

slide3=myPres.Slides.Item(3); % slect the slide 3

myFIg=figure(); %create the figure to test
  plot([0 1],[1 1],'m');
  print('-dmeta',myFIg) % copy to clipboard

% past to the slide 3, and get the handles of the picture (useful to resize, move...)
pic(k)=slide3.Shapes.PasteSpecial().Item(1);

It works, and almost good. But when I do the same manually (Figure>Edit>Copy Figure then Powerpoint>Paste), the picture has transparency. It needs the transparency back.

I thought it could be done with optional argument of the PasteSpecial method. But I need to pass an PpPasteDataType argument, and everything I tried fail (Type Mismatch).

Any help would be appreciated.

Microsoft documentation of the method PasteSpecial

Freench course on how to deal with Matlab and Excel (ut with generalities on Matlab-Office things).

[Ashwini More]

Hi,

I am working on adding images to existing powerpoint with matlab code. Your code helps me but instead of plotting figure in matlab, I have to add only .jpg figure.

So how can I change this code so that it will help me to copy specific image at specified location?

Any help would be appreciated!!

Answer 1

[Sebastian Castro]

Have you seen this Answer from the MathWorks Support Team? http://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/answers/103175-how-can-i-create-slides-in-ms-powerpoint-2007-using-matlab-7-13-r2011b

- Sebastian

[Ortinomax]

I missed it. Thanks