get word document count and number of slides count in PPT

Question

Is it possible to get the number of pages in word document or number of slides in a ppt?

I have done a lot of research on it and I am desperately looking for solution. I saw that it is very difficult to get it done in PHP on linux server.

I would be ok with Java also, but is it possible. I checked the apache POI library, but would it work for both ppt, pptx, doc and docx?

I am rigorously searching for some solution but I am unable to get one. Any help would be really really appreciated.

Hi matt, i am not very aware of Java, I know PHP, for me to try it would take a lot of time, i would love to try myslef, but if i could be sure it works, it would be great. — opensource-developer, Apr 10 '14 at 14:13
I believe ms openxml library is broadly mono compliant, and works well with these document formats. Would involve installing mono, writing some c# and calling the resulting executable from php. There is probably a simpler solution — Steve, Apr 10 '14 at 14:15
@opensource-ios yes, hence why MONO compliance is key. MONO lets you run .net on linux and other platforms http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page — Steve, Apr 10 '14 at 14:24
So how is this any different to your [previous](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22984443/access-word-document-properties-and-power-point-document-properties-using-php-co) [questions](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/22834697/how-can-i-find-the-number-of-pages-in-word-document-and-number-of-slides-in-ppt) on the same subject? — Mark Baker, Apr 10 '14 at 14:26
@ Mark Baker, previously It was restricted to PHP, now i am looking for any kind of solution which i can integrate. — opensource-developer, Apr 10 '14 at 14:27

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 04 '22 at 14:57

To get meta data properties of doc, docx, ppt and pptx like number of pages, number of slides I followed the following process and it worked liked a charm. Hope it helps someone:

Download and configure Apache Tika
Once its done you could try executing the following commands, to get all the meta data about your file:

java -jar tika-app-1.5.jar -m test.docx
java -jar tika-app-1.5.jar -m test.doc
java -jar tika-app-1.5.jar -m test.pptx
java -jar tika-app-1.5.jar -m test.ppt

Once tested you can execute these commands in a PHP script. Thanks.

get word document count and number of slides count in PPT

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