add_slide function

Add a slide

Add a slide into a pptx presentation.

add_slide(
  x,
  layout = "Title and Content",
  master = "Office Theme",
  ...,
  .dots = NULL
)

Arguments

• x: an rpptx object.
• layout: slide layout name to use.
• master: master layout name where layout is located.
• ...: Key-value pairs of the form "short form location" = object passed to phs_with . See section "Short forms" in phs_with for details, available short forms and examples.
• .dots: List of key-value pairs of the form list("short form location" = object). Alternative to .... See phs_with for details.

Examples

x <- read_pptx()
layout_summary(x)
x <- add_slide(x, layout = "Two Content", master = "Office Theme")

# use `...` to fill placeholders in same step
x <- read_pptx()
x <- add_slide(x,
  layout = "Two Content", `Title 1` = "A title",
  dt = "Jan. 26, 2025", `body[2]` = "Body 2",
  left = "Left side", `6` = "Footer"
)

See Also

print.rpptx(), read_pptx(), layout_summary(), plot_layout_properties(), ph_with(), phs_with()

Other functions to manipulate slides: move_slide(), on_slide(), remove_slide(), set_notes()