JavaScript API
An Office service that supports add-ins to interact with objects in Office client applications.
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Background Color of a Slide
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Simon Paul
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How can I get the background color of a slide or the presentation theme? I cannot find such an option in the documentation.
For example, most presentations (including the standard one) have a white bg.
But some have a different color, I want to get this color with an API call.
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Jim J 0 Reputation points2025-03-04T02:20:50.33+00:00 retrieve the background color of a slide or the presentation theme using the JavaScript API in PowerPoint, try to access the slide's "backgroundFormat" property, which provides details about the fill color used as the background.
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Simon Paul 0 Reputation points
2025-03-13T04:58:26.86+00:00 Thank you very much for the answer! I cannot find the property
backgroundFormatanywhere.
Could you provide a link to the PowerPoint JS API documentation where you found the property? Or alternatively just an example?
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