This article recommends you to use VeryPDF Document Converter (docPrint Pro) to convert PPT to XPS. As a stand-alone application, Document Converter does not require third party applications. As an all-to-all document converter, it is capable of converting all types of PowerPoint files like PPT to XPS. As a professional document converter, Document Converter provides a command line application.
The command line application which can help you is named docPrint Pro Command Line. After you download Document Converter and install it, you can find docPrint Pro Command Line as follows:
- Click Start
- Hover over All Program
- Point to Document Converter (docPrint Pro)
- Right click docPrint Pro Command Line to open up a menu
- Click Properties to open the Properties dialog box
- Click Find Target in the dialog box.
A window will appear immediately. There the executable file doc2pdf.exe is highlighted. And this executable file is docPrint Pro Command Line. The following is the method you can employ to convert PPT to XPS by command line. Two steps are required.
First, you should open a command line interpreter such as Command Prompt (cmd.exe). Under different Windows operating systems, different ways are required to open Command Prompt. If you are under Windows XP, please click Start > click Command Prompt on the Start menu. Or you can click Start > click Run on the menu > type cmd in the Run dialog box > press Enter. The Command Prompt window will pop out on the screen.
Second, you should type a command line according to the executable file (doc2pdf.exe). Then press the Enter key as a conclusion of the command line.
Usage: doc2pdf [options] <-i Document Files> [-o Output]
Examples:
- "C:\docPrint Pro v5.0\doc2pdf.exe" -i D:\*.ppt -o E:\*.xps
- "C:\docPrint Pro v5.0\doc2pdf.exe" -i D:\*.ppt -o E:\out\*.xps
- "C:\docPrint Pro v5.0\doc2pdf.exe" -i D:\input.ppt -o E:\output.xps
This is the end of the introduction. You can also set options to change resolution, page orientation, and color depth by command line. If you are interested in more features of VeryPDF docPrint Pro Command Line, please visit the homepage of VeryPDF Document Converter.