evo-pptx-embedded-excel-updater

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Provides utilities for finding and manipulating embedded Excel OLE objects within PPTX files, reading text boxes for context, modifying Excel cell values while preserving formulas, and saving the updated PPTX. Use when you need to extract embedded Excel spreadsheets from PowerPoint presentations, update exchange rates or other cell values based on text box annotations, replace embedded Excel data while keeping formula integrity, or perform any programmatic modification of OLE-embedded Excel objects in PPTX files.

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Overview

End-to-end handling of embedded Excel OLE objects in PPTX files. Covers:

  • Identifying OLE shapes and text boxes on slides
  • Extracting embedded xlsx blobs via python-pptx
  • Reading/modifying Excel data with openpyxl while preserving formula cells
  • Writing modified blobs back into the PPTX package
  • Parsing text box content for updated exchange rate values

Requirements

  • python-pptx >= 1.0.2
  • openpyxl >= 3.1.5

Key Domain Knowledge

OLE Object Identification

  • Embedded Excel objects have shape.shape_type == MSO_SHAPE_TYPE.EMBEDDED_OLE_OBJECT (integer 7)
  • The ole_format.prog_id contains 'Excel' (typically 'Excel.Sheet.12')
  • Do NOT confuse with MSO_SHAPE_TYPE.TABLE (native DrawingML tables)

Excel Blob Access

  • Use shape.ole_format.blob for direct byte access to the embedded xlsx
  • For write-back, get the relationship ID from shape._element.xpath('.//p:oleObj') and access slide.part.rels[r_id].target_part
  • Replace via target_part._blob = modified_bytes

Formula Preservation

  • CRITICAL: Load workbook with data_only=False to preserve formulas
  • Formula cells are strings starting with '='
  • Only update non-formula (hardcoded value) cells
  • openpyxl strips cached formula values on save; Excel recalculates on open

Text Box Reading

  • Check shape.has_text_frame before accessing text
  • shape.text gives full text content
  • Soft line breaks appear as \x0b (vertical tab)

Exchange Rate Table Structure

  • Row 1: headers ("Exchange Rate", currency codes...)
  • Column A: row currency labels
  • Cell at (row_currency_row, col_currency_col) = rate from row_currency to col_currency
  • Diagonal cells = 1 (same currency)

Usage

import sys
sys.path.insert(0, '/app/environment/skills/evo-pptx-embedded-excel-updater/scripts')
from utils import (
    find_embedded_ole_excel_shapes,
    extract_excel_blob_from_ole_shape,
    read_text_boxes_from_slide,
    parse_exchange_rate_from_text,
    load_excel_from_blob,
    update_excel_cell_preserve_formulas,
    save_excel_to_blob,
    replace_ole_blob_in_pptx,
    find_cell_by_currency_pair,
    process_pptx_exchange_rate_update
)

# Quick end-to-end usage:
process_pptx_exchange_rate_update('/root/input.pptx', '/root/results.pptx')

# Or step-by-step:
from pptx import Presentation
prs = Presentation('input.pptx')
slide = prs.slides[0]

# Find Excel objects
excel_shapes = find_embedded_ole_excel_shapes(slide)
shape, ole = excel_shapes[0]

# Read text box for updated rate
text_boxes = read_text_boxes_from_slide(slide)
for name, text in text_boxes:
    rate_info = parse_exchange_rate_from_text(text)
    if rate_info:
        from_curr, to_curr, new_rate = rate_info
        break

# Extract and modify Excel
excel_blob, r_id, target_part = extract_excel_blob_from_ole_shape(shape, slide)
wb, ws = load_excel_from_blob(excel_blob)
cell_coord = find_cell_by_currency_pair(ws, from_curr, to_curr)
old_val, updated = update_excel_cell_preserve_formulas(ws, cell_coord, new_rate)

# Save back
modified_blob = save_excel_to_blob(wb)
replace_ole_blob_in_pptx(target_part, modified_blob)
prs.save('output.pptx')

Functions Reference

FunctionDescription
find_embedded_ole_excel_shapes(slide)Returns list of (shape, ole_format) for Excel OLE objects
extract_excel_blob_from_ole_shape(shape, slide)Returns (excel_bytes, r_id, target_part)
read_text_boxes_from_slide(slide)Returns list of (shape_name, text) tuples
parse_exchange_rate_from_text(text)Returns (from_currency, to_currency, rate) or None
load_excel_from_blob(excel_bytes)Returns (workbook, worksheet) with formulas preserved
find_cell_by_currency_pair(ws, from_curr, to_curr)Returns cell coordinate string like 'B3'
update_excel_cell_preserve_formulas(ws, cell, value)Returns (old_value, was_updated); skips formulas
save_excel_to_blob(wb)Returns bytes of modified xlsx
replace_ole_blob_in_pptx(target_part, bytes)Replaces blob in-place
process_pptx_exchange_rate_update(in, out)End-to-end processing

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