Delete a Paragraph

Introduction

In PowerPoint table cells, you can add and change text, change the font, size, color, and style of the text, as well as adjust the alignment within the cells. Use the following method to delete paragraphs from table cells.

DeleteTableCellParagraph

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/{name}/slides/{slideIndex}/shapes/{shapeIndex}/rows/{rowIndex}/cells/{cellIndex}/paragraphs/{paragraphIndex}	DELETE	Deletes a paragraph from a table cell in a presentation saved in a strorage.	DeleteTableCellParagraph

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
name	string	path	true	The name of a presentation file.
slideIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a slide.
shapeIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a shape (must be a table).
rowIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a row.
cellIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a cell.
paragraphIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a paragraph to be deleted.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
folder	string	query	false	The path to the folder containing the presentation file.
storage	string	query	false	The name of the storage contaning the folder.

Examples

In the default storage, the document MyPresentation.pptx contains a table (the first shape) with four columns and three rows on the ninth slide. The cell (2, 2) contains three paragraphs. Delete the third paragraph from the cell (2, 2).

The table

cURL Solution

Request

Get an Access Token

curl -X POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=MyClientId&client_secret=MyClientSecret" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Delete the Paragraph

curl -X DELETE "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/9/shapes/1/rows/2/cells/2/paragraphs/3" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer MyAccessToken"

Response

Response Example

{
  "paragraphLinks": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/9/shapes/1/rows/3/cells/3/paragraphs/1",
      "relation": "self",
      "slideIndex": 9,
      "shapeIndex": 1
    },
    {
      "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/9/shapes/1/rows/3/cells/3/paragraphs/2",
      "relation": "self",
      "slideIndex": 9,
      "shapeIndex": 1
    }
  ],
  "selfUri": {
    "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/9/shapes/1/rows/3/cells/3/paragraphs",
    "relation": "self",
    "slideIndex": 9,
    "shapeIndex": 1
  }
}

SDK Solutions

using System;
using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk;
using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk.Model;

class Application
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        string fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 9;
        int shapeIndex = 1;
        int rowIndex = 2;
        int cellIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 3;

        Paragraphs paragraphs = slidesApi.DeleteTableCellParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, rowIndex, cellIndex, paragraphIndex);

        int paragraphCount = paragraphs.ParagraphLinks.Count;
        Console.WriteLine("Number of paragraphs: " + paragraphCount); // 2
    }
}

Java

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.Paragraphs;

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        String fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 9;
        int shapeIndex = 1;
        int rowIndex = 2;
        int cellIndex = 2;
        int paragraphIndex = 3;

        Paragraphs paragraphs = slidesApi.deleteTableCellParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, rowIndex, cellIndex, paragraphIndex, null, null, null);

        int paragraphCount = paragraphs.getParagraphLinks().size();
        System.out.println("Number of paragraphs: " + paragraphCount); // 2
    }
}

PHP

use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\Configuration;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\SlidesApi;

$configuration = new Configuration();
$configuration->setAppSid("MyClientId");
$configuration->setAppKey("MyClientSecret");

$slidesApi = new SlidesApi(null, $configuration);

$fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
$slideIndex = 9;
$shapeIndex = 1;
$rowIndex = 2;
$cellIndex = 2;
$paragraphIndex = 3;

$paragraphs = $slidesApi->deleteTableCellParagraph($fileName, $slideIndex, $shapeIndex, $rowIndex, $cellIndex, $paragraphIndex);

$paragraphCount = count($paragraphs->getParagraphLinks());
print("Number of paragraphs: " . $paragraphCount); // 2

Ruby

require "aspose_slides_cloud"

include AsposeSlidesCloud

configuration = Configuration.new
configuration.app_sid = "MyClientId"
configuration.app_key = "MyClientSecret"

slides_api = SlidesApi.new(configuration)

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 9
shape_index = 1
row_index = 2
cell_index = 2
paragraph_index = 3

paragraphs = slides_api.delete_table_cell_paragraph(file_name, slide_index, shape_index, row_index, cell_index, paragraph_index)

paragraph_count = paragraphs.paragraph_links.length
puts "Number of paragraphs: #{paragraph_count}" # 2

Python

from asposeslidescloud.apis import SlidesApi

slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "MyClientId", "MyClientSecret")

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 9
shape_index = 1
row_index = 2
cell_index = 2
paragraph_index = 3

paragraphs = slides_api.delete_table_cell_paragraph(file_name, slide_index, shape_index, row_index, cell_index, paragraph_index)

paragraph_count = len(paragraphs.paragraph_links)
print("Number of paragraphs: ", paragraph_count)  # 2

Node.js

const cloudSdk = require("asposeslidescloud");

const slidesApi = new cloudSdk.SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
slideIndex = 9;
shapeIndex = 1;
rowIndex = 2;
cellIndex = 2;
paragraphIndex = 3;

slidesApi.deleteTableCellParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, rowIndex, cellIndex, paragraphIndex).then(paragraphs => {
    paragraphCount = paragraphs.body.paragraphLinks.length;
    console.log("Number of paragraphs:", paragraphCount); // 2
});

import (
	"fmt"

	asposeslidescloud "github.com/aspose-slides-cloud/aspose-slides-cloud-go/v24"
)

func main() {
	configuration := asposeslidescloud.NewConfiguration()
	configuration.AppSid = "MyClientId"
	configuration.AppKey = "MyClientSecret"

	slidesApi := asposeslidescloud.NewAPIClient(configuration).SlidesApi

	fileName := "MyPresentation.pptx"
	var slideIndex int32 = 9
	var shapeIndex int32 = 1
	var rowIndex int32 = 2
	var cellIndex int32 = 2
	var paragraphIndex int32 = 3

	paragraphs, _, _ := slidesApi.DeleteTableCellParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, rowIndex, cellIndex, paragraphIndex, "", "", "")

	paragraphCount := len(paragraphs.GetParagraphLinks())
	fmt.Println("Paragraphs count:", paragraphCount) // 2
}

C++

#include "asposeslidescloud/api/SlidesApi.h"

using namespace asposeslidescloud::api;

int main()
{
    std::shared_ptr<SlidesApi> slidesApi = std::make_shared<SlidesApi>(L"MyClientId", L"MyClientSecret");

    const wchar_t* fileName = L"MyPresentation.pptx";
    int slideIndex = 9;
    int shapeIndex = 1;
    int rowIndex = 2;
    int cellIndex = 2;
    int paragraphIndex = 3;

    std::shared_ptr<Paragraphs> paragraphs = slidesApi->deleteTableCellParagraph(fileName, slideIndex, shapeIndex, rowIndex, cellIndex, paragraphIndex).get();

    int paragraphCount = paragraphs->getParagraphLinks().size();
    std::wcout << L"Number of paragraphs: " << paragraphCount; // 2
}

Perl

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;

my $configuration = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
$configuration->{app_sid} = "MyClientId";
$configuration->{app_key} = "MyClientSecret";

my $slides_api = AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi->new(config => $configuration);

my $file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx";
my $slide_index = 9;
my $shape_index = 1;
my $row_index = 2;
my $cell_index = 2;
my $paragraph_index = 3;

my $paragraphs = $slides_api->delete_table_cell_paragraph(
    name => $file_name, slide_index => $slide_index, shape_index => $shape_index, row_index => $row_index, cell_index => $cell_index, paragraph_index => $paragraph_index);

my $paragraph_count = @{$paragraphs->{paragraph_links}};
print "Number of paragraphs: $paragraph_count"; # 2

The result:

The table

SDKs

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