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Three Input Components Required

1. A PowerPoint template slide
2. Pictures and/or graphics files, like these:

   baby_pout.jpeg	baby_pose.jpeg	baby_smiling2.jpeg	baby_drool1.jpeg	baby_on_stomach.jpeg
   baby_smiling1.jpeg

3. A simple script, like this:

   # begin script
   open template \path\to\sampleTemplate.potx
   # populate slide #1 => 3 pics
   title "What a cute baby!"
   pic1 c:\temp\baby_smiling1.jpeg
   cap1 "Say Cheese!"
   pic2 c:\temp\baby_smiling2.jpeg
   cap2 "Feb, 2005"
   pic3 c:\temp\baby_pose.jpeg
   cap3 "Blue skies"
   clean slide                  # remove pic4 and cap4 shapes
   #
   # all slide 1 template picture shapes populated
   #
   duplicate template           # create and move to next slide
   # populate slide #2 => 3 pics
   title "Happy Baby"
   pic1 c:\temp\baby_pout.jpeg
   cap1 "Are we done, yet?"
   pic3 c:\temp\baby_drool1.jpeg
   cap3 "Can we talk?"
   pic4 c:\temp\baby_on_stomach.jpeg
   cap4 "Just for fun"
   clean slide                  # remove pic2 and cap2 shapes
   save as presentation c:\temp\example.pptx
   

Invoke P3CLI From A Command Prompt To Create A Presentation

c:\some\directory> p3icli name_of_script_file.txt

The Final Result

example.pptx

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