Embed Excel in PowerPoint using Python

This brief tutorial guides how to embed Excel in PowerPoint using Python. It has the details to set the development environment, a list of steps for the application, and a sample code to integrate Excel into PowerPoint using Python. We will also discuss the flag to display the icon or the Excel file data on the slide in the target presentation.

Steps to Embed an Excel File in PowerPoint using Python

  1. Set the development environment to use Aspose.Slides for Python via .NET to embed an Excel file
  2. Create a new PowerPoint file using the Presentation class to integrate an Excel file
  3. Read the source Excel file into a byte array
  4. Create the OleEmbeddedDataInfo object by providing the above bytes array and the type of file
  5. Create a frame for the Excel file by calling the add_ole_object_frame object method
  6. Save the output presentation having the embedded Excel file

These steps explain how to embed an Excel file in PowerPoint using Python. Commence the process by creating or loading a presentation, selecting the target slide, and reading the source Excel file into the byte array. Finally, declare the OleEmbeddedDataInfo object and use it in the add_ole_object_frame() method to embed the Excel file.

Code to Insert Excel Workbook into PowerPoint using Python

The above code exhibits the process of embedding Excel in PowerPoint. You can set the is_object_icon flag in the OleObjectFrame class to True for displaying the embedded Excel file as an icon or set it to False for displaying the Excel sheet data in the slide. You may set other properties in this class to customize the frame display in the slide.

This article has taught us to insert an Excel file in a presentation. For adding an image watermark in the slides, refer to the article on How to add image watermark in PPTX using Python.

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