#!/usr/bin/env python3 """Edit a .pptx in place (or save to --output). Operations (repeatable / combinable): --replace-text OLD NEW Replace text everywhere (slides, tables, notes). Adjacent runs with identical formatting are merged first, so matches PowerPoint split across identically-formatted runs keep their formatting. Only a match spanning genuinely different formats falls back to a paragraph rewrite with the first run's font (documented caveat). --chart-data SPEC.json Update a chart. Full replace spec: {"slide": 0, "chart": 0, "categories": ["Q1", "Q2"], "series": {"North": [1, 2], "South": [3, 4]}} Or surgical ops (existing data is read, modified, and written back via replace_data): {"slide": 0, "chart": 0, "ops": [ {"op": "update_series", "name": "North", "values": [5, 6]}, {"op": "add_series", "name": "East", "values": [1, 2]}, {"op": "remove_series", "name": "South"}, {"op": "rename_category", "from": "Q1", "to": "Q1 FY26"}, {"op": "set_title", "title": "New title"}]} --swap-image SLIDE SHAPE_NAME NEW_IMAGE Replace a picture's bits, keeping position/size. --remove-slide N Delete slide at index N (0-based). --move-slide FROM TO Reorder: move slide FROM to position TO. --duplicate-slide N Append an independent deep copy of slide N (text, images, tables, shapes, notes). Refuses slides containing charts (a chart embeds an XLSX workbook part that cannot be cloned reliably). --set-background N HEX Solid background color for slide N. --hyperlink N TEXT URL Make runs containing TEXT on slide N links. --enable-slide-number N Copy the layout's slide-number placeholder in. --set-footer N TEXT Enable the layout's footer placeholder with TEXT. --set-notes N TEXT Replace slide N's speaker notes. --append-notes N TEXT Append a paragraph to slide N's speaker notes. """ import argparse import copy import json import sys from lxml import etree from pptx import Presentation from pptx.chart.data import CategoryChartData from pptx.dml.color import RGBColor from pptx.enum.shapes import MSO_SHAPE_TYPE from pptx.oxml.ns import qn R_EMBED = "{http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/relationships}" def _run_format_key(r): """Canonical string for a run's ; None when absent.""" rPr = r.find(qn("a:rPr")) if rPr is None: return None return etree.tostring(rPr) def normalize_runs(para): """Merge adjacent runs whose formatting is byte-identical. PowerPoint splits paragraph text into runs at spell-check and edit boundaries even when formatting never changes; merging them back makes cross-run text replacement lossless for the common case. """ runs = list(para.runs) i = 0 while i + 1 < len(runs): a, b = runs[i], runs[i + 1] if (_run_format_key(a._r) == _run_format_key(b._r) and a._r.getnext() is b._r): a.text = a.text + b.text b._r.getparent().remove(b._r) runs.pop(i + 1) else: i += 1 def replace_in_text_frame(text_frame, old, new): count = 0 for para in text_frame.paragraphs: joined = "".join(run.text for run in para.runs) if old not in joined: continue if not any(old in run.text for run in para.runs): # Match spans runs: merge identically-formatted neighbours # first, which resolves pure spell-check splits losslessly. normalize_runs(para) if any(old in run.text for run in para.runs): # Run-level replace: preserves each run's formatting exactly. for run in para.runs: if old in run.text: count += run.text.count(old) run.text = run.text.replace(old, new) else: # Match spans genuinely differently-formatted runs -> rewrite # paragraph, keeping only the first run's formatting (caveat). joined = "".join(run.text for run in para.runs) count += joined.count(old) first = para.runs[0] first.text = joined.replace(old, new) for run in para.runs[1:]: run._r.getparent().remove(run._r) return count def iter_text_frames(slide): for shape in slide.shapes: if shape.has_text_frame: yield shape.text_frame if shape.has_table: for row in shape.table.rows: for cell in row.cells: yield cell.text_frame if slide.has_notes_slide: yield slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame def replace_text(prs, old, new): total = 0 for slide in prs.slides: for tf in iter_text_frames(slide): total += replace_in_text_frame(tf, old, new) return total def _read_chart_data(chart): """Current categories and ordered (name, values) pairs of a chart.""" categories = [str(c) for c in chart.plots[0].categories] series = [] for plot in chart.plots: for s in plot.series: try: name = s.name except (AttributeError, KeyError): name = "" series.append([name, list(s.values)]) return categories, series def update_chart(prs, spec_path): """Full replace ("categories"+"series") or surgical "ops". python-pptx can only swap a chart's entire dataset (replace_data), so surgical ops are implemented as read-existing -> modify -> replace. """ with open(spec_path, encoding="utf-8") as fh: spec = json.load(fh) slide = prs.slides[spec.get("slide", 0)] charts = [s.chart for s in slide.shapes if s.has_chart] if not charts: raise SystemExit(f"no chart on slide {spec.get('slide', 0)}") chart = charts[spec.get("chart", 0)] if "ops" in spec: categories, series = _read_chart_data(chart) dirty = False for op in spec["ops"]: kind = op["op"] if kind == "update_series": match = [s for s in series if s[0] == op["name"]] if not match: raise SystemExit(f"no series named {op['name']!r}") match[0][1] = op["values"] dirty = True elif kind == "add_series": series.append([op["name"], op["values"]]) dirty = True elif kind == "remove_series": before = len(series) series = [s for s in series if s[0] != op["name"]] if len(series) == before: raise SystemExit(f"no series named {op['name']!r}") dirty = True elif kind == "rename_category": if "index" in op: idx = int(op["index"]) else: if op["from"] not in categories: raise SystemExit( f"no category named {op['from']!r}") idx = categories.index(op["from"]) categories[idx] = op["to"] dirty = True elif kind == "set_title": chart.has_title = True chart.chart_title.text_frame.text = op["title"] else: raise SystemExit(f"unknown chart op {kind!r}") if dirty: data = CategoryChartData() data.categories = categories for name, values in series: data.add_series(name, values) chart.replace_data(data) return data = CategoryChartData() data.categories = spec["categories"] for name, values in spec["series"].items(): data.add_series(name, values) chart.replace_data(data) def swap_image(prs, slide_idx, shape_name, new_path): slide = prs.slides[int(slide_idx)] for shape in slide.shapes: if (shape.shape_type == MSO_SHAPE_TYPE.PICTURE and shape.name == shape_name): image_part, rid = slide.part.get_or_add_image_part(new_path) blip = shape._element.blipFill.blip blip.set(R_EMBED + "embed", rid) return True raise SystemExit(f"no picture named {shape_name!r} on slide {slide_idx}") def remove_slide(prs, index): sldIdLst = prs.slides._sldIdLst slide_id = list(sldIdLst)[int(index)] rid = slide_id.get(R_EMBED + "id") prs.part.drop_rel(rid) sldIdLst.remove(slide_id) def move_slide(prs, src, dst): """Reorder by moving the element inside .""" sldIdLst = prs.slides._sldIdLst ids = list(sldIdLst) element = ids[int(src)] sldIdLst.remove(element) sldIdLst.insert(int(dst), element) def duplicate_slide(prs, index): """Append an independent deep copy of slide `index`. Copies the shape tree XML and re-creates image/media relationships on the new slide part, remapping rIds. Charts are refused: each chart relationship embeds a separate XLSX workbook part, and cloning that graph reliably is not supported — better to refuse than corrupt. """ source = prs.slides[int(index)] if any(sh.has_chart for sh in source.shapes): raise SystemExit( f"slide {index} contains a chart; duplication of chart slides " "is not supported (chart XML embeds a workbook part that " "cannot be cloned safely). Rebuild the chart on a new slide " "with pptx_create.py / pptx_from_template.py instead.") dest = prs.slides.add_slide(source.slide_layout) # drop the placeholders add_slide seeded from the layout for shape in list(dest.shapes): shape._element.getparent().remove(shape._element) for shape in source.shapes: dest.shapes._spTree.append(copy.deepcopy(shape._element)) # re-create the source slide's part relationships on the copy rid_map = {} for rel in list(source.part.rels.values()): if rel.reltype.endswith(("/slideLayout", "/notesSlide")): continue if rel.is_external: new_rid = dest.part.rels.get_or_add_ext_rel( rel.reltype, rel.target_ref) else: new_rid = dest.part.relate_to(rel.target_part, rel.reltype) rid_map[rel.rId] = new_rid for el in dest.shapes._spTree.iter(): for attr, val in el.attrib.items(): if attr.startswith(R_EMBED) and val in rid_map: el.set(attr, rid_map[val]) if source.has_notes_slide: dest.notes_slide.notes_text_frame.text = ( source.notes_slide.notes_text_frame.text) return len(prs.slides._sldIdLst) - 1 def set_background(slide, hex_color): fill = slide.background.fill fill.solid() fill.fore_color.rgb = RGBColor.from_string(hex_color) def add_hyperlink(prs, slide_idx, text, url): """Turn every run containing `text` on the slide into a hyperlink. The link applies to the whole run (python-pptx links whole runs). """ slide = prs.slides[int(slide_idx)] hits = 0 for shape in slide.shapes: if not shape.has_text_frame: continue for para in shape.text_frame.paragraphs: for run in para.runs: if text in run.text: run.hyperlink.address = url hits += 1 if not hits: raise SystemExit(f"no run containing {text!r} on slide {slide_idx}") return hits def _copy_layout_placeholder(slide, ph_idx): """Copy the layout placeholder with idx `ph_idx` onto the slide. Slide-number (idx 12) and footer (idx 11) placeholders exist on the layout but are not inherited by a slide until the slide carries its own copy — this enables them. Returns the new shape, or None when the layout does not provide that placeholder. """ for ph in slide.slide_layout.placeholders: if ph.placeholder_format.idx == ph_idx: el = copy.deepcopy(ph._element) slide.shapes._spTree.append(el) for shape in slide.placeholders: if shape.placeholder_format.idx == ph_idx: return shape return None return None def enable_slide_number(slide): if any(ph.placeholder_format.idx == 12 for ph in slide.placeholders): return True return _copy_layout_placeholder(slide, 12) is not None def set_footer(slide, text): shape = next((ph for ph in slide.placeholders if ph.placeholder_format.idx == 11), None) if shape is None: shape = _copy_layout_placeholder(slide, 11) if shape is None: raise SystemExit("layout provides no footer placeholder; add a " "textbox instead") shape.text_frame.text = text return True def set_notes(slide, text, append=False): tf = slide.notes_slide.notes_text_frame if append and tf.text: para = tf.add_paragraph() para.text = text else: tf.text = text def main(argv=None): if hasattr(sys.stdout, "reconfigure"): sys.stdout.reconfigure(encoding="utf-8", errors="replace") parser = argparse.ArgumentParser( description="Edit a .pptx: replace text, update chart data, swap " "images, duplicate/remove/reorder slides, backgrounds, " "hyperlinks, footers, slide numbers, speaker notes.", epilog=__doc__, formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter) parser.add_argument("pptx", help="path to the .pptx file") parser.add_argument("--output", help="save to this path instead of " "overwriting the input") parser.add_argument("--replace-text", nargs=2, action="append", metavar=("OLD", "NEW"), default=[]) parser.add_argument("--chart-data", metavar="SPEC_JSON") parser.add_argument("--swap-image", nargs=3, metavar=("SLIDE", "SHAPE_NAME", "IMAGE")) parser.add_argument("--remove-slide", type=int, metavar="N") parser.add_argument("--move-slide", nargs=2, type=int, metavar=("FROM", "TO")) parser.add_argument("--duplicate-slide", type=int, metavar="N") parser.add_argument("--set-background", nargs=2, metavar=("SLIDE", "HEX")) parser.add_argument("--hyperlink", nargs=3, metavar=("SLIDE", "TEXT", "URL")) parser.add_argument("--enable-slide-number", type=int, metavar="N") parser.add_argument("--set-footer", nargs=2, metavar=("SLIDE", "TEXT")) parser.add_argument("--set-notes", nargs=2, metavar=("SLIDE", "TEXT")) parser.add_argument("--append-notes", nargs=2, metavar=("SLIDE", "TEXT")) args = parser.parse_args(argv) prs = Presentation(args.pptx) report = {"ok": True, "replacements": 0} for old, new in args.replace_text: report["replacements"] += replace_text(prs, old, new) if args.chart_data: update_chart(prs, args.chart_data) report["chart_updated"] = True if args.swap_image: swap_image(prs, *args.swap_image) report["image_swapped"] = True if args.duplicate_slide is not None: report["duplicated_to"] = duplicate_slide(prs, args.duplicate_slide) if args.set_background: set_background(prs.slides[int(args.set_background[0])], args.set_background[1]) report["background_set"] = True if args.hyperlink: report["hyperlinked_runs"] = add_hyperlink(prs, *args.hyperlink) if args.enable_slide_number is not None: report["slide_number_enabled"] = enable_slide_number( prs.slides[args.enable_slide_number]) if args.set_footer: set_footer(prs.slides[int(args.set_footer[0])], args.set_footer[1]) report["footer_set"] = True if args.set_notes: set_notes(prs.slides[int(args.set_notes[0])], args.set_notes[1]) report["notes_set"] = True if args.append_notes: set_notes(prs.slides[int(args.append_notes[0])], args.append_notes[1], append=True) report["notes_appended"] = True if args.remove_slide is not None: remove_slide(prs, args.remove_slide) report["slide_removed"] = args.remove_slide if args.move_slide: move_slide(prs, *args.move_slide) report["slide_moved"] = args.move_slide out = args.output or args.pptx prs.save(out) report["output"] = out print(json.dumps(report)) return 0 if __name__ == "__main__": sys.exit(main())