TikzImageToPowerpoint - Batch convert Tikz images (or any PDF probably) to PowerPoint EMF using ghostscript and inkscape

convert_pdf.bat

@echo on
setlocal enabledelayedexpansion

set "inkscape_path=C:\Program Files\Inkscape\bin\inkscape"
::set "poppler_path=C:\Program Files (x86)\poppler-23.11.0\Library\bin\pdfseparate.exe" ::Could use poppler instead of GhostScript, but need GhostScript for Inkscape EMF anyways
set "gs_path=C:\Program Files\gs\gs10.02.1\bin\gswin64c.exe"
set "pdf_dir=pdf"
set "convert_dir=files"
cd %pdf_dir%

for %%i in (*.pdf) do (
    set "input_file=%%i"
    set "output_file=%convert_dir%/%%i_%%d.pdf"
    ::"%poppler_path%"  "!input_file!" "!output_file!" 
	"%gs_path%" -dNOPAUSE -dBATCH -dQUIET -sDEVICE=pdfwrite -sOutputFile="!output_file!" "!input_file!"
)


cd %convert_dir%

for %%i in (*.pdf) do (
    set "input_file=%%i"
    set "output_file=!input_file:.pdf=.emf!"
    "%inkscape_path%" --pdf-poppler --export-type=emf --export-filename "!output_file!"  "!input_file!" 
)

echo Conversion completed.

endlocal

 

TikzImageToPowerpoint_README.md

PDF vector image to Powerpoint

The goal here is to conviniently get your nice Tikz vector graphics from your paper into PowerPoint without making screenshots of it.

Prequisites

• Install Inkscape 1.3.2 - Windows : 64-bit : msi | Inkscape

• Install Ghostscript : Downloads

• Create a folder structure as follows

  • convert_pdf.bat

  • pdf

    • convert

      • empty

    • pdf_file_to_convert.pdf

• If necessary, adjust paths in bat file

How to get a image only PDF

You first need a PDF which only contains the desired images tightly cropped:

\documentclass{article}
\usepackage[active,tightpage]{preview}
\setlength{\PreviewBorder}{0pt}
\usepackage{tikz}
\PreviewEnvironment[{[]}]{tikzpicture}


\usepackage{amsmath,amssymb,amsfonts}
\usepackage{algorithmic}
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{textcomp}
\usepackage{xcolor}



%\usetikzlibrary{external}
%\tikzexternalize[prefix=tikz/]


\begin{document}

\input{content/fig/chip}
\input{content/fig/evm_all}
\input{content/fig/evm}
\input{content/fig/fsweep}
\input{content/fig/psweep}
\input{content/fig/sparam}
\input{content/fig/top_level_schematic}
\input{content/fig/schematic_wo_bias}
\input{content/fig/schematic_bias}
\input{content/fig/inductors}
\input{content/fig/tlines}

\end{document}

Usage

1. Place the image PDF file in the pdf directory

2. Run the script

3. Drag and drop the .emf files from the convert directory to PowerPoint

Possible adjustments

Text Font

If you want to convert the Text elements to PowerPoint fonts and make them editable, remove the --pdf-poppler from the inkscape conversion line.