Chart Plot Area

Aspose.Slides Cloud 19.9 has been just released and it is also updated on production server. The latest release introduces some new features along with fixes of the issues reported in previous versions of Aspose.Slides Cloud. In this release, we have introduced LayoutTargetType property to control the layout mode of the chart plot area and support of Widescreen slide size along with many other important improvements. Please spare some time and check release notes of this version for a complete list of enhancements and improvements.

Let me give you a quick walk through some of these improvements, carried in this new release.

Setting Slide Size

The is a possibility that you have a mismatch between the size of your slides and the size of the medium you are projecting to because of your Microsoft PowerPoint version you have used to create your presentation and the device you are using to deliver the presentation. How you will fix it? Simply you should know the target device size before delivering your presentation to cope with the issue and update the presentation slide size.

Aspose.Slides Cloud has already provided an API PutSlidesSlideSize to update the size of presentations to industry standard presentation sizes. In this release, we have extended the list and added a new size; Widescreen. Following is the complete list of available sizes.

Available values for sizeType parameter:

** Parameter Value**

** Preset Size Type**

OnScreen

On screen 4x3

LetterPaper

Letter

A4Paper

A4

Slide35mm

Slide 35mm

Overhead

Overhead

Banner

Banner

Custom

Custom Size

Ledger

Ledger

A3Paper

A3

B4IsoPaper

B4 ISO

B5IsoPaper

B5 ISO

B4JisPaper

B4 JIS

B5JisPaper

B5 JIS

HagakiCard

Hagaki Card

OnScreen16x9

On screen 16x9

OnScreen16x10

On screen 16x10

Widescreen

Widescreen

A cURL example to update the presentation slide size:

Layout Mode of Chart Plot Area

While adding charts in the presentations, setting layout mode for chart plot area is one of the frequently used features. In this release, we have introduced a new property LayoutTargetType to control the layout of the chart plot area. Now you can define the layout of the plot area manually by setting the new property, with two possible values Inner or Outer, This property specifies whether to layout the plot area by its inside (not including axis and axis labels) or outside (including axis and axis labels).

The following cURL example demonstrates how to Set Layout Mode of chart:

Resources

If you are new to Aspose.Slides Cloud and have not already had a chance to try it, simply start a free trial today. All you need is to sign up with the aspose.cloud. Once you have signed up, you are ready to try the powerful file processing features offered by aspose.cloud. Following are some useful resources of Aspose.Slides Cloud you may need to accomplish your tasks.