power remove¶

Remove a slide from a presentation.

Synopsis¶

power remove PPTX_FILE SLIDE_INDEX -o OUTPUT

Description¶

Removes a slide at the specified index from a PowerPoint presentation. Indices are 0-based (first slide is 0).

Arguments¶

Argument	Required	Description
`PPTX_FILE`	Yes	Input presentation file
`SLIDE_INDEX`	Yes	0-based index of slide to remove

Options¶

Option	Short	Required	Description
`--output`	`-o`	Yes	Output file path
`--help`	`-h`	No	Show help and exit

Examples¶

Remove the first slide¶

power remove deck.pptx 0 -o deck_trimmed.pptx

Remove the third slide (index 2)¶

power remove presentation.pptx 2 -o presentation.pptx

Remove multiple slides¶

# Remove slide at index 5, then 3, then 1
# (work backwards to avoid index shifting)
power remove deck.pptx 5 -o deck.pptx
power remove deck.pptx 3 -o deck.pptx
power remove deck.pptx 1 -o deck.pptx

Output¶

On success:

Removed slide 2
Slides: 10 -> 9

On error (index out of range):

Error: Slide index 15 out of range

Notes¶

Index Shifting

When removing multiple slides, remember that indices shift after each removal. Remove from highest index to lowest to avoid confusion.

Example: Removing slides 2, 4, and 6¶

Wrong way (indices shift):

power remove deck.pptx 2 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 2
power remove deck.pptx 4 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 5!
power remove deck.pptx 6 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 8!

Right way (work backwards):

power remove deck.pptx 6 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 6
power remove deck.pptx 4 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 4
power remove deck.pptx 2 -o deck.pptx  # Removes original slide 2

Slide Index Reference¶

Slide	Index
First	0
Second	1
Third	2
Last (of 10)	9