A simple python script to extract notes from a powerpoint presentation and save them to a text file.
- Python 3.6+
- Click
pip install -r requirements.txt
Usage: pptx_notes_txt.py [OPTIONS]
Script to extract the notes from a pptx file and write them to a text file.
Options:
-i, --input TEXT The path to the pptx file. [required]
-o, --output TEXT The path to the output file. [required]
-p, --prettyprint Write the text in a pretty format.
-md, --markdown Write the text in a markdown format.
-c, --custom TEXT The path to a custom format file.
--help Show this message and exit.
Example:
python3 pptx_notes_txt.py -i <inputfile> -o <outputfile>
Go to the root directory of the project and run the following command:
python3 pptx_notes_txt.py -i ./test/Presentation.pptx -o ./test/notes.txt -p
If you want to format the text, you can use the --prettyprint option to write the notes in a pretty format or the --markdown option to write the notes in a markdown format.
A custom format can also be specified by creating a file with the .custom extension and passing it to the --custom option. The file should contain two placeholders: {slide} and {notes}. The {slide} placeholder will be replaced with the slide number and the {notes} placeholder will be replaced with the notes. For example, the following custom format will write the notes in a markdown format:
# Slide {slide}
{notes}
You can try it out with the following command:
python3 pptx_notes_txt.py -i ./test/Presentation.pptx -o ./test/notes.txt -c ./test/myformat.custom
Which yeilds the following output:
# Slide 1
This is notes in the first slide
# Slide 2
Here are some more notes...
# Slide 3
…and even more here!MIT License