How to extract comments from PowerPoint presentation slides using Python

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I need to extract comments (made using the Microsoft PowerPoint comment feature) from a series of PowerPoint presentations.

The following link explains how to do it in C#:

https://www.e-iceblue.com/Tutorials/Spire.Presentation/Spire.Presentation-Program-Guide/Comment-and-Note/Extract-comments-from-presentation-slides-and-save-in-txt-file.html

It appears that python-pptx does not have the functionality to read/write comments from PowerPoint:

https://python-pptx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/

If such a feature exists, I can not find it in the documentation above.

Is there any way to do this?

Asked By: stolbert

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Answer 1

Referring to this thread, interacting with comments in PowerPoint is not yet possible in python-pptx.

You may be able to request it as a feature through their ReadTheDocs page, though. They recommend that you reach out via the mailing list or issue tracker to suggest a new feature.

Answered By: Bryan

Answer 2

I was able to do this by using win32com to access the comment object and manipulate it from there as suggest by K753:

import win32com.client
ppt_dir = 'test.pptx'
ppt_app = win32com.client.GetObject(ppt_dir)

for ppt_slide in ppt_app.Slides:
    for comment in ppt_slide.Comments:
        print(comment.Text)

The following documentation has further details on the comment object:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/vba/api/powerpoint.comment

Answered By: stolbert

Answer 3

And if you need replies to comments you can do this:

for ppt_slide in ppt_app.Slides:
    for comment in ppt_slide.Comments:
        print(comment.Text)
        for reply in comment.Replies:
                print(reply.Text)

Answered By: A. Jabbitt

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