Grid layout in a presentation

Objectives

Generate a gallery of objects in a PPTX document with the following features:

• Repeat a box along the X and Y axes.

Solution

Here’s how to construct a PPTX template to achieve this with Carbone:

1. Insert shapes

   Insert a shape, such as a text block, and include the information to be displayed using Carbone tags.

   Duplicate this shape and modify the text to define the iteration {d.stars[i+1]}

   Note : Use shapes instead of images or tables

2. Define the offset for the repetition

   Right-click on the first shape, and navigate to the View Alt Text menu to set the transformations.

   Define the following formulas to configure the transformations on both axes

   {d.stars[i].starName:print(.i):mod(5):mul(6):transform(x,cm)}
   {d.stars[i].starName:print(.i):div(5):floor:mul(4):transform(y,cm)} 

   where :

   • print(.i) to consider the iterator of the loop with :print formatter
   • mod(A): to set the number of A objects that will be on a same row (ie, the number of columns) with :mod formatter
   • mul(B) to set the distance B with the next box with :mul formatter
   • transform(x, cm) to define the axis (x) of transformation and its unit with :transform formatter

   Note: This template does not create new slides. The data must fit within a single slide. If not use a DOCX template and set up the paper size to a custum size of 33cm x 19 cm, or use an ODP template

And there you go!

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