Get-OfficePowerPointLayoutBox

Examples

Example 1: Get the content area for a deck.

PS>

New-OfficePowerPoint -Path .\Examples\Documents\PowerPointLayoutBox.pptx {
                $slide = Add-OfficePowerPointSlide -Layout 1
                $box = Get-OfficePowerPointLayoutBox -MarginCm 1.5
                Add-OfficePowerPointTextBox -Slide $slide -Text 'Inside the content box' -X ($box.LeftPoints) -Y ($box.TopPoints) -Width ($box.WidthPoints) -Height 60
            }
        

Returns a content box and uses it to position slide text.

Example 2: Split the slide into two columns.

PS>

New-OfficePowerPoint -Path .\Examples\Documents\PowerPointColumns.pptx {
                $slide = Add-OfficePowerPointSlide -Layout 1
                $columns = Get-OfficePowerPointLayoutBox -ColumnCount 2 -MarginCm 1.5 -GutterCm 1.0
                Add-OfficePowerPointTextBox -Slide $slide -Text 'Left column' -X ($columns[0].LeftPoints) -Y ($columns[0].TopPoints) -Width ($columns[0].WidthPoints) -Height 80
                Add-OfficePowerPointTextBox -Slide $slide -Text 'Right column' -X ($columns[1].LeftPoints) -Y ($columns[1].TopPoints) -Width ($columns[1].WidthPoints) -Height 80
            }
        

Uses two layout boxes to place text in columns.