Documentation overview

The documentation is organised by what you are trying to do. Use this page to find the right section, then follow the reading order it suggests.

Choose a path

You want to...	Start with	Then
Embed a PowerPoint viewer or editor in a web app	Your framework's getting-started page: React, Vue 3, Angular, Svelte 5, Vanilla JS	The same section's props/API reference, then Theming and Localization
Read, edit, or generate .pptx files from code	Core: Loading & Parsing and the Builder API	Editing, Saving, the data model
Convert presentations to Markdown, images, PDF, or SVG	Markdown Converter and SVG Export	Your binding's Export page for in-browser formats
Hide, lock or remap parts of the viewer UI from code	UI Customization	Recipes on that page: kiosk mode, trimmed ribbon, pinned settings
Use the editor UI (you are not writing code)	User Guide	Editing Slides, Keyboard Shortcuts
Let AI agents or scripts work with presentations	MCP & Tools	Core CLI
Understand how the library works internally	Architecture	OOXML conformance, Limitations

New to the project

If none of the paths above fits yet, read these three pages in order:

1. What is pptx-viewer?: the package family and what each part does.
2. Installation: which package to install for your stack.
3. Quick Start: four end-to-end flows using the public API.

Sections at a glance

Section	Audience	Contents
Developer Guide (this section)	Developers	Concepts that apply to every package: architecture, data model, theming, i18n, limitations.
Core	Developers	The headless engine: load, edit, build, save, convert, encrypt. No UI.
React / Vue / Angular / Svelte / Vanilla	Developers	One section per UI binding: getting started, props/API, theming, export, collaboration.
User Guide	End users of the editor	How to view, edit, present, export, and collaborate in the editor UI. No code.
MCP & Tools	Agent/automation authors	The MCP server, its 73 tools, and the CLI.
Releases	Everyone	Per-package release notes.