extract-template · diff
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13 added, 4 removed. Audit A to A.
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name: extract-template
description: "Decide what an uploaded file is — a deck, a Word document, a PDF document, or artwork — and hand it to the template-extraction guide that matches. Use when asked to extract a template from a deck or document, turn a PDF into a Word template, save an image style as a reusable template, apply a company template to Markdown, or save a file's visual language as a reusable template."
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# Extract a reusable template from a file
Look at what the file holds, decide what it is, follow that guide to the end.
+ Run the commands below from the directory containing this guide.
- Render a `.pptx`, `.ppt` or `.pdf` first. An image is already viewable.
+ Render a `.pptx` or `.ppt` first. An image is already viewable.
```bash
- okou presentation screenshot --input <source.pptx|source.pdf> --out shots
+ okou presentation screenshot --input <source.pptx|source.ppt> --out shots
```
+ Render a PDF or Word document at its own page proportions before judging layout:
+
+ ```bash
+ node scripts/render-document.mjs --input <source.pdf|source.docx> --out source-render
+ ```
+
+ Use a new output directory for each render. Keep the original as the source;
+ use the returned PDF and page images for inspection.
+
| The file is | Go to |
|---|---|
| a deck — `.pptx`, `.ppt`, an image deck, or a `.pdf` whose pages are slides | `presentation/SKILL.md` |
| a Word document — `.docx` | `docx/SKILL.md` |
| a PDF document — pages of prose, not slides | `pdf/SKILL.md` |
| artwork — `.png`, `.jpg`, or several images of one drawing style | `illustration/SKILL.md` |
A page carrying one idea in display type is a slide. A page carrying running
prose under a repeated header, footer, or page number is a document. A picture with no
reading order is artwork.
- Re-save a `.doc`, or a `.docx` written by WPS, as `.docx` from Word first. To
- render a `.docx`, export a PDF from it and keep the original as the source.
+ Re-save a `.doc`, or a `.docx` written by WPS, as `.docx` from Word first.
Four rules override the table:
- A deliverable the user names beats the table. "Turn these slides into a Word
template" is `docx/`; "save this report's look as a presentation template" is
`presentation/`.
- Extract from the authoring file when it sits beside an export of itself: `.docx`
over its PDF, `.pptx` over its PDF.
- One or two pages at a paper size is never slides, however sparse. A resume and
an invoice carry as little text as a slide and are still documents.
- Several images at once are one style to `illustration/`, not several
templates. A single image of a page — a scanned document, a screenshot of
slides — is that page's kind, not artwork.
`cd` into the branch directory; every path inside a branch guide is relative to
it. Both document guides start with
[`document-reuse.md`](document-reuse.md) to choose the reuse scope and package.