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Microsoft PowerPoint Feature Representation (Format Attributes)

In addition to the generic FME feature attributes that FME Workbench adds to all features (see About Feature Attributes), a PowerPoint presentation feature consists of the following attributes:

Attribute Name

Contents

pptx_type

The type of PowerPoint slide this feature will add into a presentation.

pptx_measurement_units

The measurement units to use for interpreting width attributes.

Units can be inches, centimeters, points, or percentage of page width, depending on the PowerPoint settings.

fme_pptx_font_data

Information about any override fonts that are applied to this feature.

pptx_font_color

The color of the text foreground.

pptx_image_source

Whether the image is being read from a file or from a feature.

pptx_image_filename

The path to the desired image.

pptx_image_fit

How to fit the image into its placeholder (that is, the type of scaling to apply)

pptx_title_text

The text of a title.

pptx_subtitle_text

The text of a subtitle.

pptx_caption_text

The text of a caption.

pptx_paragraph_text

The text of a paragraph.

pptx_slide_order

The order in which the features will be written as slides. Features with the same value will be written in the order they arrive.

This value must be an integer; if it is not, the default value will be used.

Default: 0

pptx_layout_name

The name of the layout to be used for this feature’s slide. Must be a name defined in the template presentation.

pptx_hyperlink

An address to hyperlink this feature’s content to.

pptx_table_style

The named style to use for this table.

pptx_table_banding

If set to yes, adjacent rows in the table will differ slightly in color.

pptx_table_data

Contains table headings, values for each row, and the width of each column.

pptx_chart_type

The type of chart to turn this feature into. More information about chart types.

pptx_chart_has_labels

Whether or not to include labels in this chart. In PowerPoint, the Data Labels checkbox is in the Chart Elements menu.

pptx_chart_has_legend

Whether or not to include a legend with this chart. In PowerPoint, the Legend checkbox is in the Chart Elements menu.

fme_pptx_chart_legend_side

The side on which this chart’s legend should be placed. In PowerPoint, the Legend checkbox is in the Chart Elements menu.

fme_pptx_chart_legend_inside

Whether or not to include this chart’s legend within the bounds of the chart.

If set to yes, this may cause overlapping with data.

pptx_chart_categories

List attribute specifying what each successive value in the series represents.

fme_pptx_chart_data

Contains the values, names, and override colors for each series to be included in the chart.

pptx_map_label

The text of the label for this map element.

pptx_map_fill_pattern

The fill pattern for this map element. If unspecified, the entire map will be the foreground color.

pptx_map_fill_fore_color

The color for the foreground for this map element. If unspecified, a default will be chosen from the presentation’s theme.

pptx_map_fill_back_color

The color for the background for this map element. If unspecified, a default will be chosen from the presentation’s theme.

pptx_map_border_style

The style of the line outlining this map element.

pptx_map_border_width

The width of the line outlining this map element.

pptx_map_border_color

The color of the line outlining this map element.

pptx_merge_features

Whether or not one slide is being created from multiple features.

pptx_merge_id

The ID for a group of merged features. Every feature with the same merge_id will contribute to the same slide.

fme_pptx_placeholder_data

The information required to elements (placeholders) on custom slide layouts.