pptx-sweep

A utility to remove artifacts from PowerPoint files, such as comments, notes, and metadata.

How to use

import { pptxSweep } from "pptx-sweep";

const sourceFile = "powerpoint.pptx";
const targetFile = "powerpoint-swept.pptx";

await pptxSweep(sourceFile, targetFile, {
  remove: {
    totalTime: true,
    core: {
      title: true,
      creator: true,
      lastMofiiedBy: true,
      revision: true,
      created: true,
      modified: true,
    },
    thumbnail: true,
    notes: true,
    comments: {
      modern: true,
      legacy: true,
    },
    authors: true,
    view: true,
  },
});

Options

type SweepOptions = {
  remove: {
    totalTime?: boolean;
    core: {
      title?: boolean;
      creator?: boolean;
      lastMofiiedBy?: boolean;
      revision?: boolean;
      created?: boolean;
      modified?: boolean;
    };
    thumbnail?: boolean;
    notes?: boolean;
    comments?: {
      modern?: boolean;
      legacy?: boolean;
    };
    authors?: boolean;
    view?: boolean;
  };
};

| Option | Description | | --------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- | | remove.totalTime | Remove the total time of the presentation. | | remove.core.title | Remove the title of the presentation. | | remove.core.creator | Remove the name of the person who created the presentation. | | remove.core.lastMofiiedBy | Remove the name of the person who last modified the presentation. | | remove.core.revision | Remove the revision number. | | remove.core.created | Remove the date and time the presentation was created. | | remove.core.modified | Remove the date and time the presentation was last modified. | | remove.thumbnail | Remove the thumbnail image. | | remove.notes | Remove the (presenter) notes. | | remove.comments.modern | Remove the modern (2018 spec) comments. | | remove.comments.legacy | Remove the legacy (2006spec) comments. | | remove.authors | Remove the list of authors. | | remove.view | Remove the view settings. |