PowerPoint tables | .NET PowerPoint Library

Overview

The Syncfusion PowerPoint library enables you to create, edit, and format tables in PowerPoint slides. Rows and cells can be iterated easily..

PowerPoint Create Table

Create Tables

The Syncfusion PowerPoint library supports creating tables from scratch or by copying them from another slide with ease. Cells can be accessed by their index positions and content can be added to them.

PowerPoint Edit Table

Edit tables

You can change the cell content, cell formatting, and cell styles. Iterate the table by row or column to identify a cell in which to make changes.

Edit PowerPoint table documentation

PowerPoint Table Styles

Table styles

There are 74 built-in table styles you can use to change the appearance of a table.

PowerPoint Import Content to Table from Database

Import content from a database to the table

Populate the content of a PowerPoint table by iterating the cells. To import data from any database, get the data from a database and set the data in the appropriate cells.

Import table from database example

PowerPoint Get Dynamic Height

Get dynamic height

The Syncfusion PowerPoint library lets you get the height of a table after adding content to it. You can check whether the table height exceeds the layout (to avoid content overlapping) or slide by identifying the table height.

PowerPoint Append and Insert Rows and Columns

Append and insert rows and columns

Append a row or column to the end of a table or insert a row or column at specific index positions.

PowerPoint Merge Cells

Merge cells

Merge table cells with row or column cells based on your requirement.

Merging PowerPoint cells documentation

PowerPoint Format Tables

Format tables

Change the appearance a table by customizing the table border, cell background, cell margins, and more. The table background can be set or modified with solid, gradient, picture, and pattern fill.

Format PowerPoint tables documentation

PowerPoint Table Code Example

Easily create tables in PowerPoint slides using a few simple lines of C# code as demonstrated below. Also explore our .NET PowerPoint Example that shows how to create and modify PowerPoint on different platforms.

c#
//Create a PowerPoint presentation
IPresentation pptxDoc = Presentation.Create();

//Add slide to the presentation
ISlide slide = pptxDoc.Slides.Add(SlideLayoutType.Blank);

//Add a table to the slide
ITable table = slide.Shapes.AddTable(2, 2, 100, 120, 300, 200);

//Initialize index values to add text to table cells
int rowIndex = 0, colIndex;

//Iterate row-wise cells and add text to it
foreach (IRow rows in table.Rows)
{
	colIndex = 0;
	
	foreach (ICell cell in rows.Cells)	
	{
	
		cell.TextBody.AddParagraph("(" + rowIndex.ToString() + " , " + colIndex.ToString() + ")");
		
		colIndex++;
		
	}
	
	rowIndex++;

}

//Save the presentation
pptxDoc.Save("Sample.pptx");

//Close the presentation
pptxDoc.Close();