Convert - PowerPoint

Power Automate Connector: Encodian – Convert

Overview

The 'Convert - PowerPoint' Power Automate action allows you to convert PPT and PPTX file formats to either PDF, HTML, PPTX, PPT, TXT, TIFF, or PNG files.

Example Flow

Please review the following article:

• Convert PowerPoint Files in Power Automate

Credit Count

This action consumes 1 credit per operation.

Note, different Encodian actions can consume different numbers of credits. Please always check the action-specific documentation and read What is an Encodian Action for a full description of how credits are consumed.

Default Parameters

The default 'Convert - PowerPoint' flow action parameters are detailed below, which are contextual based on the selected Output format:

• Output Format: Select the output format: PDF, HTML, PPTX, PPT, TXT, TIFF, or PNG

• Filename: The filename (including file extension) of the file to be converted.
• File Content: A Base64 encoded representation of the PowerPoint file to be processed.

Advanced Parameters

The advanced 'Convert - PowerPoint' flow action parameters are detailed below:

All output formats:

• Slide Orientation: Manually set the presentation's slide orientation
• Slide Size: Manually set the presentation's slide size
• Slide Scale: When changing the presentation's size, set how the content should be scaled
• Remove Markup: Sets whether comments and tracked changes should be removed from the document upon conversion.
• Culture Name: This setting is used to set the culture for the workbook prior to conversion. Please refer to the Culture Names article for a list of supported cultures. 

Output format: PDF:

• PDF/A Compliant: Sets whether the resulting document should conform to PDF/A format.
• PDF/A Compliance Level: Sets the required level of PDF/A compliance.
• Image Resolution: Set the resolution of the images between 50 - 1200
• Vectorize Metafiles: Specifies whether EMF/WMF metafiles should be exported as vector graphics instead of being rasterized as PNG images when converting PowerPoint files to PDF. Exporting metafiles as vector graphics can help prevent rendering artifacts, such as grey lines.

Output format: PNG:

• Slide Index: Set the page within the PowerPoint document to convert to a PNG file. The first slide is converted by default.

Output format: TIFF:

• Compression: Select a compression algorithm; the default is 'LZW'

Example

Return Parameters

The 'Convert - PowerPoint' flow action returns the following data. 

Action Specific Return Values

• Filename - The filename of the converted file
• File Content - The converted file (Base64)

Standard Return Values

• OperationId - The unique ID assigned to this operation.
• HttpStatusCode - The HTTP Status code for the response.
• HttpStatusMessage - The HTTP Status message for the response.
• Errors - An array of error messages should an error occur.
• Operation Status - Indicates whether the operation has been completed, has been queued or has failed.