ppt paragraph add

PowerPoint: Paragraph - Add

Add a paragraph to an existing shape's text body.

Type: paragraph / para

Parent Path: /slide[N]/shape[M]

Properties

Property	Default	Description
text	(empty)	Text content
align	-	left, center, right, justify
indent	-	First-line indent (EMU or units)
marginLeft / marL	-	Left margin (EMU or units)
marginRight / marR	-	Right margin (EMU or units)
list / listStyle	-	bullet, dash, arrow, check, star, numbered, alpha, roman, none
font	-	Font family
size	-	Font size (pt)
bold	false	Bold text
italic	false	Italic text
color	-	Font color (hex RGB or theme)
spacing	-	Character spacing (points)
baseline	-	super, sub, none, or percentage
level	0	List indent level (0–8, OOXML a:pPr/@lvl)
lineSpacing / linespacing	-	Line spacing: 1.5x, 150%, 18pt, 0.5cm, or bare number
spaceBefore / spacebefore	-	Space before paragraph (pt or unit-qualified)
spaceAfter / spaceafter	-	Space after paragraph (pt or unit-qualified)

Examples

# Add a simple paragraph
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1]/shape[1] --type paragraph --prop text="New paragraph"

# Add a centered paragraph with styling
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1]/shape[1] --type para --prop text="Centered Text" --prop align=center --prop bold=true --prop size=18

# Add a bulleted paragraph with indent
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1]/shape[1] --type paragraph --prop text="Bullet item" --prop list=bullet --prop indent=457200 --prop marginLeft=914400

# Add a paragraph with custom font and spacing
officecli add slides.pptx /slide[1]/shape[1] --type paragraph --prop text="Spaced text" --prop font="Arial" --prop size=14 --prop spacing=2 --prop color=4472C4

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Based on OfficeCLI v1.0.64