Why can't Python open a pptx file?

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I want Python to open a powerpont file.

code:

f=open(r'''C:UsersAsusOneDriveMáy tínhpythontest.pptx''')

print(f.read())

terminal:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "c:UsersAsusOneDriveMáy tínhpythonhọc.py", line 16, in <module>
    print(f.read())
          ^^^^^^^^
  File "C:UsersAsusAppDataLocalProgramsPythonPython311Libencodingscp1258.py", line 23, in decode 
    return codecs.charmap_decode(input,self.errors,decoding_table)[0]
           ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
UnicodeDecodeError: 'charmap' codec can't decode byte 0x8a in position 588: character maps to <undefined>

Asked By: Kiet A9

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Answer 1

You can use the python-pptx library, since you are working with PowerPoint files, here is an example.

The error implies the file you are trying to read is not a text file and cannot be decoded using the default encoding. You can use the pptx library to fix this.

import pptx

# Open the PowerPoint file
ppt = pptx.Presentation(r'C:PathToPowerPointFile.pptx')

# Iterate over each slide and print the text content
for slide in ppt.slides:
    for shape in slide.shapes:
        if hasattr(shape, 'text'):
            print(shape.text)

Answered By: SamHoque

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