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Convert POTM to DOCM via perl

Use free app or Perl SDK to convert between POTM & DOCM as well as several popular formats from Microsoft® PowerPoint.

# Converting POTM to HTML
my $out_path = "/"File.POTM"";
my $params = ('name' => "File.HTML", 'format' => '%!s(MISSING)', 'out_path' => $out_path, 'password' => 'password', 'folder' => 'TempSlidesSDK');
$utils->{api}->save_presentation($params);

    # Converting HTML to DOCM
binmode(DATA);
# while( read (DATA, $Book1_data, 8)) {};
read (DATA, $Book1_data, $filelength);
close (DATA);    
my $folder = $TEMPFOLDER; # replace NULL with a proper value
# ready_file('api'=> $api, 'file'=>$name + ".HTML" ,'folder' =>$folder) ;
%!(EXTRA string=DOCM)

POTM to DOCM Conversion in Cloud Apps

  1. Initialize WordsApi and CellsApi with Client Id, Client Secret, Base URL & API version
  2. Set ConvertDocumentRequest with parameters local file name and format as HTML
  3. Call WordsApi convertDocument to convert POTM document to HTML
  4. Initialize SaveOption from CellsAPI with parameters SaveFormat as DOCM
  5. Call cellsSaveAsPostDocumentSaveAs method to convert POTM file to DOCM

Get Started with Aspose.Total REST APIs

  1. Create an account at Dashboard to get free API quota & authorization details
  2. Get Aspose.Words and Aspose.Cells Cloud SDKs for Perl source code from Aspose.Words GitHub and Aspose.Cells GitHub repos to compile/use the SDK yourself or head to the Releases for alternative download options.
  3. Also have a look at Swagger-based API Reference for Aspose.Words and Aspose.Cells to know more about the REST API.

Convert PowerPoint POTM Documents

Convert POTM to HTML using Aspose.Slides then feed the HTML to any of the Aspose.Total APIs like Aspose.Words, Aspose.Cells, Aspose.PDF, Aspose.Email, Aspose.Diagram, Aspose.Tasks, Aspose.3D, Aspose.HTML to export the result in 100+ popular file formats.

For all the supported formats please visit Aspose.Total Cloud page

PowerPoint to Image conversion

Aspose.Slides Cloud SDK produces few quick and easy ways to convert MS PowerPoint files to various image formats similar to what we have done above for DOCM: by direct REST API calls or using SDKs. There are multiple image formats accessible for converting PowerPoint slides with Aspose.Slides Cloud APIs - JPEG, PNG, BMP, GIF, and TIFF.

  1. Create SlidesApi class instance to convert POTM document
  2. Call Convert method of SlidesApi class instance for conversion from POTM and provide desired format as 2nd parameter.

FAQ

  • What is POTM Format?
    Files with POTM extension are Microsoft PowerPoint template files with support for Macros. POTM files are created with PowerPoint 2007 or above and contains default settings that can be used to create further presentation files. These settings can include styles, backgrounds, colour palette, fonts and defaults along with macros that consist of custom functions for doing particular task. They may also be opened by a previous version of PowerPoint with Open XML document support installed. POTM files can be opened in Microsoft PowerPoint for editing like any other PowerPoint file.
  • What is DOCM Format?
    DOCM files are Microsoft Word 2007 or higher generated documents with the ability to run macros. It is similar to DOCX file format but the ability to run macros makes it different from DOCX. Like DOCX, DOCM files can be store text, images, tables, shapes, charts and other contents.The capability to run macros make it easy to save time by executing the series of commands in the form of recorded actions for automatic completion of a task. DOCM files can be opened and edited in Microsoft Word 2007 and above.
  • How can I get started with Aspose.Total REST APIs?
    Quickstart not only guides through the initialization of Aspose.Total Cloud API, it also helps in installing the required libraries.
  • Where can I see the release notes for Aspose.Total Cloud API?
    Complete release notes can be reviewed at Aspose.Total Cloud Documentation.
  • Is it safe to convert POTM to DOCM in the Cloud?
    Of course! Aspose Cloud uses Amazon EC2 cloud servers that guarantee the security and resilience of the service. Please read more about Aspose's Security Practices.
  • What file formats are supported by Aspose.Total Cloud API?
    Aspose.Total Cloud can convert file formats from any product family to any other product family to PDF, DOCX, XPS, image(TIFF, JPEG, PNG BMP), MD and more. Checkout the complete list of supported file formats.
  • I can not find the SDK for my favorite language. What should I do?
    Aspose.Total Cloud is also available as a Docker Container. Try using it with cURL in case your required SDK is not available yet.