Combine multiple presentation files into one.
Presentation Combiner automates Microsoft PowerPoint to combine presentation files into one output. It currently supports .ppt, .pptx, .pptm, .ppsx, .ppsm, .pps, and .odp files. Presentation Combiner will open a Microsoft PowerPoint window with the combined slides shown.
Presentation Combiner is provided as a standalone portable .exe. Download the latest version from the releases link and get going! Presentation Combiner should work on any Windows computer with .NET 4.0 or later. Microsoft PowerPoint is required for Presentation Combiner to work!
Presentation Combiner is built using Visual Studio 2013. Its only dependency, Costura.Fody, should be automatically acquired through NUGet when building. No additional software should be required to build.
Presentation Combiner is built in both C# and F#. The main C# project, PresentationCombiner, contains most of the frontend source code and mainly handles UI wireup. The F# project, PresentationCombiner.FS contains back-end implementations and helper algorythms.
- Error messages due to invalid data are not passed from Microsoft PowerPoint to
PresentationCombiner. If a corrupt presentation file is passed to Microsoft PowerPoint it will discontinue merging without good feedback toPresentationCombiner
Improvements are ongoing but have no strict schedule (hobby project, sorry).
- Drag & drop items in the merge list. Items can't be moved at the moment.
- Re-sort items in the merge list.
- Slightly more comprehensive undo/redo listings
- Implement better tooltips and error messages:
- Tooltips on disabled buttons (explain why they are disabled).
- Tidier error messages if the user doesn't have PowerPoint installed
- Propagated error messages from PowerPoint
- Better user feedback on added merge targets:
- Use background worker PowerPoint process to scan number of slides, errors, etc. of added paths rather than checking them when pressing "Merge".