# PowerPoint presentations generation

    library(officer)
    # Package `magrittr` makes officer usage easier.
    library(magrittr)

## How to start

Use the function `read_pptx()` to create an R object representing a PowerPoint document. The initial PowerPoint file can be specified with the `path` argument. If none is provided, this file will be an empty document located in the package directory. Formats and available slide layouts will be those available in the template file. The content of original document is also preserved (but can be manipulated, i.e. delete a slide).

    my_pres <- read_pptx()

The main functions are presented below:

officer pptx functions

> Note that `ph_with` is new and should replace `ph_with_*` and `ph_with_*_at`.

### Add a slide

To add a new slide, use the function `add_slide()`. It requires 3 arguments:

- an rpptx object
- a slide layout name
- a master layout name

    my_pres <- my_pres %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")

Note that the `layout` and `master` values must match values from the initial document. Layout names and master layout names are not easily readable within PowerPoint, but these can be read easily with the function `layout_summary()`.

    layout_summary(my_pres)

    ##              layout       master
    ## 1       Title Slide Office Theme
    ## 2 Title and Content Office Theme
    ## 3    Section Header Office Theme
    ## 4       Two Content Office Theme
    ## 5        Comparison Office Theme
    ## 6        Title Only Office Theme
    ## 7             Blank Office Theme

#### master layouts and slide layouts

`officer` uses a PowerPoint file as the initial document. This is the original PowerPoint document where all slide layouts, shapes (placeholders) and styles come from. Major points to be aware of are:

- Slide layouts are relative to a master layout. A document can contain one or more master layouts; a master layout can contain one or more slide layouts.
- A slide layout inherits design properties from its master layout but some properties can be overwritten.
- Designs and formatting properties of layouts and shapes (placeholders in a layout) are defined within the initial document. There is no R function to modify these values - they must be defined in the initial document.

### Add content in a slide

Use the function `ph_with()` to add content into a new shape. The location of the shape is defined with argument `location` with a call to one of the `ph_location*`functions.

    my_pres <- my_pres %>%
      ph_with(value = "Hello world", location = ph_location_type(type = "title")) %>%
      ph_with(value = "A footer", location = ph_location_type(type = "ftr")) %>%
      ph_with(value = format(Sys.Date()), location = ph_location_type(type = "dt")) %>%
      ph_with(value = "slide 1", location = ph_location_type(type = "sldNum")) %>%
      ph_with(value = mtcars, location = ph_location_type(type = "body"))

There are several `ph_location*`functions: `ph_location_type()`, `ph_location_fullsize()`, `ph_location_label()`, `ph_location_left()`, `ph_location_right()` and `ph_location()`.

### Write the PowerPoint file

The (updated) Powerpoint file can be generated using the `print()` function along with the `target` argument:

    print(my_pres, target = "assets/pptx/first_example.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/first_example.pptx"

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## Slide selection and manipulation

There are functions to let you manipulate slides: `add_slide()`, `remove_slide()`, `move_slide()` and `on_slide()`.

A slide can be added with the `add_slide()` function.

    my_pres <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Two Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title Only", master = "Office Theme")
    length(my_pres)

    ## [1] 3

A slide can be removed with the `remove_slide()` function.

    my_pres <- my_pres %>% remove_slide(index = 1)
    length(my_pres)

    ## [1] 2

A slide can be selected with the `on_slide()` function.

    my_pres <- my_pres %>% on_slide(index = 1)

## Add content in a placeholder

### the location

Use the function `ph_with()` to add an element into a new shape. The function is expecting an argument `location` that will be used to specify the location of the new shape. This location can be defined with a call to one of the `ph_location*`functions.

The following example will add text “Hello world” in a new shape. That shape will inherit its properties from the placeholder that has type `body`. This is defined in the slide layout used by the slide, i.e. `Title and Content` in our example.

    doc <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with("Hello world", location = ph_location_type(type = "body") )

    print(doc, target = "assets/pptx/ph_with_location_type.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_with_location_type.pptx"

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The following example will print few rows of `iris` data.frame in a new shape. That shape will inherit its properties from the placeholder that has label `Content Placeholder 2`. This is defined in the slide layout used by the slide, i.e. `Title and Content` in our example. This is the same location that is used in the previous example.

    mypres <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")
    layout_properties ( x = mypres, layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme" )

    ##     master_name              name   type id                   ph_label
    ## 5  Office Theme Title and Content   body  3      Content Placeholder 2
    ## 10 Office Theme Title and Content     dt  4         Date Placeholder 3
    ## 21 Office Theme Title and Content    ftr  5       Footer Placeholder 4
    ## 25 Office Theme Title and Content sldNum  6 Slide Number Placeholder 5
    ## 31 Office Theme Title and Content  title  2                    Title 1
    ##                                             ph     offx      offy       cx
    ## 5                              <p:ph idx="1"/> 0.500000 1.7500000 9.000000
    ## 10        <p:ph type="dt" sz="half" idx="10"/> 0.500000 6.9513889 2.333333
    ## 21    <p:ph type="ftr" sz="quarter" idx="11"/> 3.416667 6.9513889 3.166667
    ## 25 <p:ph type="sldNum" sz="quarter" idx="12"/> 7.166667 6.9513889 2.333333
    ## 31                        <p:ph type="title"/> 0.500000 0.3003478 9.000000
    ##           cy
    ## 5  4.9496533
    ## 10 0.3993056
    ## 21 0.3993056
    ## 25 0.3993056
    ## 31 1.2500000

    ph_with(mypres, head(iris),
            location = ph_location_label(ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2") )

    ## pptx document with 1 slide(s)
    ## Available layouts and their associated master(s) are:
    ##              layout       master
    ## 1       Title Slide Office Theme
    ## 2 Title and Content Office Theme
    ## 3    Section Header Office Theme
    ## 4       Two Content Office Theme
    ## 5        Comparison Office Theme
    ## 6        Title Only Office Theme
    ## 7             Blank Office Theme

    print(mypres, target = "assets/pptx/ph_with_location_label.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_with_location_label.pptx"

Download file ph_with_location_label.pptx - view with office web viewer

The following example will print two paragraphs of text in two new shapes, one representing the left side and one representing the right side.

    doc <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Two Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with(value = "A first text", location = ph_location_left()) %>%
      ph_with(value = "A second text", location = ph_location_right())

    print(doc, target = "assets/pptx/ph_with_location_left_right.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_with_location_left_right.pptx"

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### Supported contents

The following types of content are supported:

- `data.frame`
- `ggplot` objects
- images, see wrapper function named `external_img()`
- vectors (`character`, `numeric`, `factor`, `logical`)
- multiple paragraphs, see wrapper function named `block_list()`
- single paragraph, see wrapper function named `fpar()` (a `block_list` is made of `fpar` objects)
- unordered lists, see wrapper function named `unordered_list()`

    doc <- read_pptx()

    # add a "Two Content" slide and then content ----
    doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Two Content", master = "Office Theme")
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = pi, location = ph_location_type(type = "title") )
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = as.factor(letters[1:2]), location = ph_location_type(type = "ftr") )
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = c("Un titre", "Deux titre"), location = ph_location_left() )
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = iris[1:4, 3:5], location = ph_location_right() )

    # add a "Title and Content" slide and then a ggplot object ----
    if( require("ggplot2") ){
      doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Title and Content",
                       master = "Office Theme")
      gg_plot <- ggplot(data = iris ) +
        geom_point(mapping = aes(Sepal.Length, Petal.Length),
                   size = 3) + theme_minimal()
      doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = gg_plot, location = ph_location_fullsize() )
    }

    # add an image ----
    doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")
    img.file <- file.path( R.home("doc"), "html", "logo.jpg" )
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, external_img(img.file, 100/72, 76/72),
      location = ph_location_type(type = "body") )

    # add an unordered_list at a specific location ----
    ul <- unordered_list(
      level_list = c(1, 2, 2, 3, 3, 1),
      str_list = c("Level1", "Level2", "Level2", "Level3", "Level3", "Level1"),
      style = fp_text(color = "red", font.size = 0) )

    doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = ul,
                   location = ph_location_type(type = "body") )

    # add an block_list at a specific location ----
    bl <- block_list(
      fpar(ftext("hello world", fp_text(bold = TRUE))),
      fpar(
        ftext("hello", fp_text(bold = TRUE, font.size = 30)),
        ftext(" world", prop = fp_text(color = "red", font.size = 30) )
      )
    )

    doc <- add_slide(doc, layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme")
    doc <- ph_with(x = doc, value = bl,
                   location = ph_location(label = "my_name",
                     left = 2, top = 3, width = 4, height = 4,
                     bg = "wheat", rotation = 90)
           )

    print(doc, target = "assets/pptx/ph_with_demo.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_with_demo.pptx"

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## Remove content from a slide

Use `slide_summary()` to easily identify shapes in the slide that can be removed.

    slide_summary(doc)

    ##   type id ph_label offx offy cx cy                   text
    ## 1 body  2  my_name    2    3  4  4 hello worldhello world

In the following example, the shape corresponding to `type "body"` will be removed from the current slide:

    doc <- ph_remove(x = doc, ph_label = "my_name")

## Append text sequentially in a shape

### Add to an empty new placeholder

`ph_empty()` will add a new empty placeholder in the current slide.

    my_pres <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_empty(location = ph_location_right())
    slide_summary(my_pres)

    ##   type id              ph_label offx offy cx cy text
    ## 1 body  2 Content Placeholder 3   NA   NA NA NA

As there is no paragraph in the new shape yet, the function `ph_add_par()` will be used to add a new paragraph. Then `ph_add_text()` will be used to add text into that new paragraph.

    text_prop <- fp_text(color = "red", font.size = 40)
    my_pres <- my_pres %>%
      ph_add_par(ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3") %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "This is a red text!", style = text_prop, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3") %>%
      ph_add_par(level = 2, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3") %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "Level 2", ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3") %>%
      ph_add_par(level = 3, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3") %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "Level 3", ph_label = "Content Placeholder 3")

    print(my_pres, target = "assets/pptx/ph_add_text_1.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_add_text_1.pptx"

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### Add to an existing placeholder of text

The following code produces a presentation comprised of one text shape containing the text “A first text”.

    my_pres <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with(value = "A first text", location = ph_location_type(type = "body"))
    slide_summary(my_pres)

    ##   type id              ph_label offx offy cx cy         text
    ## 1 body  2 Content Placeholder 2   NA   NA NA NA A first text

Since there is now a paragraph in the new shape, `ph_add_par()` will be used to add another paragraph and `ph_add_text()` then has to be used to add text into the last paragraph of the shape.

    text_blue_prop <- update(text_prop, color = "blue" )
    my_pres <- my_pres %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "A small red text!", style = text_prop, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2" ) %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "Blue text first... ", pos = "before", style = text_blue_prop, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2" ) %>%
      ph_add_par(level = 2, ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2") %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "additional paragraph", ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2")

    print(my_pres, target = "assets/pptx/ph_add_text_2.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_add_text_2.pptx"

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## Links

### External links

`ph_hyperlink()` adds a hyperlink to an existing placeholder in the current slide. The argument `href` should contain a valid URL (i.e. starting with `http(s)`).

    doc <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with("Blah blah blah", location = ph_location_type(type = "body")) %>%
      ph_hyperlink(ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2", href = "https://cran.r-project.org")

    print(doc, target = "assets/pptx/ph_hyperlink.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_hyperlink.pptx"

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### Internal links

`ph_slidelink()` adds an internal link into an existing placeholder. The argument `slide_index` should contain the index of the target slide.

    doc <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with("Blah blah blah", location = ph_location_type(type = "body")) %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with("placeholder target", location = ph_location_type(type = "title")) %>%
      on_slide(index = 1 ) %>%
      ph_slidelink(ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2", slide_index = 2)

    print(doc, target = "assets/pptx/ph_slidelink.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_slidelink.pptx"

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### Add text with links

The function `ph_add_text()` has an optional argument `href`. If used, the chunk of text will be added as a hyperlink. If `href` is not used and `slide_index` is, the link will point to another slide in the document.

    my_pres <- read_pptx() %>%
      add_slide(layout = "Title and Content", master = "Office Theme") %>%
      ph_with(value = "An ", location = ph_location_type(type = "body")) %>%
      ph_add_text(str = "hyperlink", href = "https://cran.r-project.org",
                  ph_label = "Content Placeholder 2", )

    print(my_pres, target = "assets/pptx/ph_add_text_3.pptx")

    ## [1] "/private/var/folders/08/2qdvv0q95wn52xy6mxgj340r0000gn/T/Rtmptl9bnN/Rbuildd9b1377a5fb1/officer/vignettes/assets/pptx/ph_add_text_3.pptx"

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## Resources

Len Kiefer wrote two very good blog posts about officer, he is providing nice examples with the corresponding R code:

- http://lenkiefer.com/2017/09/23/crafting-a-powerpoint-presentation-with-r/
- http://lenkiefer.com/2017/09/27/use-purrr/

Eric Nanz gave a short presentation about using officer in the Advanced R Markdown workshop held at the 2019 RStudio conference:

- https://rpodcast.github.io/officer-advrmarkdown/