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skrubber
skrubber

Reputation: 1105

Python - pptx - Text Reads

Code to import data from table and text frame:

 pres = Presentation(ppt_file)

    for slide in pres.slides:
        for shape in slide.shapes:
            if(shape.has_text_frame):
                for paragraph in shape.text_frame.paragraphs:
                    for run in paragraph.runs:
                        print run.text

I've a slide like this:

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Output is: Running text

Text is being read from the left frame or the big box but not from the two right frames.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1832

Answers (1)

scanny
scanny

Reputation: 29021

The shapes that are reporting None as their shape type are Group shapes. You can confirm this by printing out their XML:

print(shape._element)  # should give something like 'CT_GroupShape'
print(shape._element.xml)  # should show XML that starts with `<p:grpSp>`

Group shapes aren't yet supported in python-pptx. If you can ungroup them in PowerPoint their text will be accessible.

UPDATE: A group shape has no text. However, you can use group_shape.shapes to iterate over the shapes inside the group and access their text. Note that groups can contain other groups.

Upvotes: 2

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