Sections in PowerPoint is a feature that allows you to organize slides into different groups/segments for easy management. Adding sections with unique names can help keep track of specific groups of slides, or can also help outline the topics of a PowerPoint presentation. In this article, you will learn how to programmatically add or remove sections in a PowerPoint document using Spire.Presentation for .NET.
- Add a Section at the End of a PowerPoint Document in C# and VB.NET
- Insert a Section Before a Specified Section in PowerPoint in C# and VB.NET
- Add a Section Before a Specified Slide in PowerPoint in C# and VB.NET
- Remove a Section from a PowerPoint Document in C# and VB.NET
Install Spire.Presentation for .NET
To begin with, you need to add the DLL files included in the Spire.Presentation for.NET package as references in your .NET project. The DLL files can be either downloaded from this link or installed via NuGet.
PM> Install-Package Spire.Presentation
Add a Section at the End of a PowerPoint Document in C# and VB.NET
Spire.Presentation for .NET provides the Presentation.SectionList.Append(string sectionName) method to append a section with section name at the end of a PowerPoint document. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Initialize an instance of Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint document using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Append a section at the end of the document using Presentation.SectionList.Append(string sectionName) method.
- Save the result document using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
namespace AppendSectionAtEnd
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Presentation instance
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
//Load a sample PowerPoint document
ppt.LoadFromFile("Test.pptx");
//Add a section at the end of the document
Section section = ppt.SectionList.Append("End Section");
//Save the result document
ppt.SaveToFile("AddSectionAtEnd.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
Insert a Section Before a Specified Section in PowerPoint in C# and VB.NET
If you want to insert a section before an existing section to make the document more logical, Spire.Presentation for .NET provides the Presentation.SectionList.Insert(int sectionIndex, string sectionName) method. The following are the steps to insert a section at a specified position by section index.
- Initialize an instance of Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint document using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Insert a new section before the specified section using Presentation.SectionList.Insert(int sectionIndex, string sectionName) method.
- Save the result document using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
namespace InsertSectionAtSpecifiedPosition
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Presentation instance
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
//Load a sample PowerPoint document
ppt.LoadFromFile("Test.pptx");
//Insert a section before the second section
Section section = ppt.SectionList.Insert(1, "New Section");
//Save the result document
ppt.SaveToFile("InsertSectionAtSpecifiedPosition.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
Add a Section Before a Specified Slide in PowerPoint in C# and VB.NET
To divided the existing PowerPoint slides into different sections, you can use the Presentation.SectionList.Add(string sectionName, ISlide slide) method to insert a section before a specified slide. The detailed steps are as follows.
- Initialize an instance of Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint document using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specified slide using Presentation.Slides property.
- Add a section before the specified slide using Presentation.SectionList.Add(string sectionName, ISlide slide) method.
- Save the result document using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
namespace AddSectionBeforeSlide
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Presentation instance
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
//Load a sample PowerPoint document
ppt.LoadFromFile("Test.pptx");
//Get the second slide in the document
ISlide slide = ppt.Slides[1];
//Add a section before the second slide
Section section = ppt.SectionList.Add("New Section", slide);
//Save the result document
ppt.SaveToFile("AddSectionBeforeSlide.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
Remove a Section from a PowerPoint Document in C# and VB.NET
If you do not need a particular section, you can simply remove it using Presentation.SectionList.RemoveAt(int index) method. Note that removing a section does not remove the slides in that section. The following are the steps to remove a specified section but keep the slides in it.
- Initialize an instance of Presentation class.
- Load a PowerPoint document using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Remove a specified section using Presentation.SectionList.RemoveAt(int index) method. Or you can remove all the sections in the document using Presentation.SectionList.RemoveAll() method.
- Save the result document using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- C#
- VB.NET
using Spire.Presentation;
namespace RemoveSection
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
//Create a Presentation instance
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
//Load a sample PowerPoint document
ppt.LoadFromFile("Test.pptx");
//Remove the second section
ppt.SectionList.RemoveAt(1);
//Remove all the sections
//ppt.SectionList.RemoveAll();
//Save the result document
ppt.SaveToFile("RemoveSection.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013);
}
}
}
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