How do I change the orientation of a PowerPoint slide in MATLAB?

I inherited a tool that copies MATLAB figures into a PowerPoint presentation. The default orientation of the slides is landscape and I'd like to have the option of specifying portrait orientation.

Answer 1

[AlexP]

If you are using power point from MATLAB as a COM object then slide orientation can be set using the below command. However, please note, slide orientation property is applicable to all the slides in the presentation. There is no way to force it on to a particular slide.

>> h = actxserver('PowerPoint.Application') >> h.Visible = 1; >> h.Presentation.invoke >> Presentation = h.Presentation.Add >> Presentation.PageSetup.SlideOrientation = 'msoOrientationVertical'  #changes the orientation of all the slides in the presentation to portrait