How to show contents/ rows in pptx table based of given height?Is this fessible?

Question

word-full.jpg contains a table in word without any height set
word-heightset.jpg shows view of a partial table when some height set.
Requirement of showing partial table can be acheived using below
<w:trPr>
<w:trHeight w:hRule="exact" w:val="300.0"/>
</w:trPr>

can we achieve the same i.e showing patial table when some height is set.

Regards
Ravi Kiran

Answer 1

Hi @Ravi Kiran Rimmanapudi

Here what I found out

If the ask is “Can I make rows of a table stop rendering by reducing the height of the table”, then we don’t believe so.
See the following experiment:

1. Insert a table with 2 columns and 3 rows, save as A.pptx
2. Edit the height of the table in the file format and save as a different file

Left: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\A.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml
Right: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\A_ChangeTransformHeight.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml

18 <p:graphicFrame>
19 <p:nvGraphicFramePr>
20 <p:cNvPr id="4" name="Table 4">
21 <a:extLst>
22 <a:ext uri="{FF2B5EF4-FFF2-40B4-BE49-F238E27FC236}">
23 <a16:creationId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main id="{A0988E0F-12F8-3BCB-075E-B2A0A4F86C0F}" />
24 </a:ext>
25 </a:extLst>
26 </p:cNvPr>
27 <p:cNvGraphicFramePr>
28 <a:graphicFrameLocks noGrp="1" />
29 </p:cNvGraphicFramePr>
30 <p:nvPr>
31 <p:extLst>
32 <p:ext uri="{D42A27DB-BD31-4B8C-83A1-F6EECF244321}">
33 <p14:modId xmlns:p14=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/powerpoint/2010/main val="2205217176" />
34 </p:ext>
35 </p:extLst>
36 </p:nvPr>
37 </p:nvGraphicFramePr>
38 <p:xfrm>
39 <a:off x="2032000" y="719666" />

41 </p:xfrm>

Comments:

They render the same, it appears to us that the height of the rows is used to determine the overall size of the table – not the other way around.

If the ask is “Can I resize the height of a row in a table” then yes:
Here is the second experiment:

1. Insert a table with 2 columns and 3 rows, save as A.pptx
2. Manually change the height of the middle row and save as B.pptxd
3. Manually change the height of the first row and save as C.pptx

Diffing A and B shows that we change the overall height of the shape along with the “h” attribute of the a:tr element:
Left: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\A.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml
Right: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\B.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml

18 <p:graphicFrame>
19 <p:nvGraphicFramePr>
20 <p:cNvPr id="4" name="Table 4">
21 <a:extLst>
22 <a:ext uri="{FF2B5EF4-FFF2-40B4-BE49-F238E27FC236}">
23 <a16:creationId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main id="{A0988E0F-12F8-3BCB-075E-B2A0A4F86C0F}" />
24 </a:ext>
25 </a:extLst>
26 </p:cNvPr>
27 <p:cNvGraphicFramePr>
28 <a:graphicFrameLocks noGrp="1" />
29 </p:cNvGraphicFramePr>
30 <p:nvPr>
31 <p:extLst>
32 <p:ext uri="{D42A27DB-BD31-4B8C-83A1-F6EECF244321}">

34 </p:ext>
35 </p:extLst>
36 </p:nvPr>
37 </p:nvGraphicFramePr>
38 <p:xfrm>
39 <a:off x="2032000" y="719666" />

41 </p:xfrm>
42 <a:graphic>
43 <a:graphicData uri=http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/table>

44 <a:tbl>
45 <a:tblPr firstRow="1" bandRow="1">
46 <a:tableStyleId>{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}</a:tableStyleId>
47 </a:tblPr>
48 <a:tblGrid>
49 <a:gridCol w="4064000">
50 <a:extLst>
51 <a:ext uri="{9D8B030D-6E8A-4147-A177-3AD203B41FA5}">
52 <a16:colId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="173072972" />

53 </a:ext>
54 </a:extLst>
55 </a:gridCol>
56 <a:gridCol w="4064000">
57 <a:extLst>
58 <a:ext uri="{9D8B030D-6E8A-4147-A177-3AD203B41FA5}">
59 <a16:colId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="4196258938" />
60 </a:ext>
61 </a:extLst>
62 </a:gridCol>
63 </a:tblGrid>
64 <a:tr h="370840">
65 <a:tc>
66 <a:txBody>
67 <a:bodyPr />
68 <a:lstStyle />
69 <a:p>
70 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" />
71 </a:p>
72 </a:txBody>
73 <a:tcPr />
74 </a:tc>
75 <a:tc>
76 <a:txBody>
77 <a:bodyPr />
78 <a:lstStyle />
79 <a:p>
80 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" />
81 </a:p>
82 </a:txBody>
83 <a:tcPr />
84 </a:tc>
85 <a:extLst>
86 <a:ext uri="{0D108BD9-81ED-4DB2-BD59-A6C34878D82A}">
87 <a16:rowId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="4292032796" />
88 </a:ext>
89 </a:extLst>
90 </a:tr>

92 <a:tc>
93 <a:txBody>
94 <a:bodyPr />
95 <a:lstStyle />
96 <a:p>
97 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" />
98 </a:p>
99 </a:txBody>
100 <a:tcPr />
101 </a:tc>
102 <a:tc>
103 <a:txBody>
104 <a:bodyPr />
105 <a:lstStyle />
106 <a:p>
107 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" dirty="0" />
108 </a:p>
109 </a:txBody>
110 <a:tcPr />
111 </a:tc>
112 <a:extLst>
113 <a:ext uri="{0D108BD9-81ED-4DB2-BD59-A6C34878D82A}">
114 <a16:rowId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="3262043133" />
115 </a:ext>
116 </a:extLst>
117 </a:tr>
118 <a:tr h="370840">
119 <a:tc>
120 <a:txBody>
121 <a:bodyPr />
122 <a:lstStyle />
123 <a:p>
124 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" />
125 </a:p>
126 </a:txBody>
127 <a:tcPr />
128 </a:tc>
129 <a:tc>
130 <a:txBody>
131 <a:bodyPr />
132 <a:lstStyle />
133 <a:p>
134 <a:endParaRPr lang="en-US" dirty="0" />
135 </a:p>
136 </a:txBody>
137 <a:tcPr />
138 </a:tc>
139 <a:extLst>
140 <a:ext uri="{0D108BD9-81ED-4DB2-BD59-A6C34878D82A}">
141 <a16:rowId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="4270578703" />
142 </a:ext>
143 </a:extLst>
144 </a:tr>
145 </a:tbl>
146 </a:graphicData>
147 </a:graphic>
148 </p:graphicFrame>
149 </p:spTree>

Comments:

Manually change only the height of the header directly via the file format:
Left: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\A.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml
Right: C:\Users\jesseh\Desktop\Tables\A_JustChangeTR_H.pptx\ppt\slides\slide1.xml

44 <a:tbl>
45 <a:tblPr firstRow="1" bandRow="1">
46 <a:tableStyleId>{5C22544A-7EE6-4342-B048-85BDC9FD1C3A}</a:tableStyleId>
47 </a:tblPr>
48 <a:tblGrid>
49 <a:gridCol w="4064000">
50 <a:extLst>
51 <a:ext uri="{9D8B030D-6E8A-4147-A177-3AD203B41FA5}">
52 <a16:colId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="173072972" />

53 </a:ext>
54 </a:extLst>
55 </a:gridCol>
56 <a:gridCol w="4064000">
57 <a:extLst>
58 <a:ext uri="{9D8B030D-6E8A-4147-A177-3AD203B41FA5}">
59 <a16:colId xmlns:a16=http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/drawing/2014/main val="4196258938" />
60 </a:ext>
61 </a:extLst>
62 </a:gridCol>
63 </a:tblGrid>

65 <a:tc>
66 <a:txBody>

Comments:

As you can see, the larger row height resulted in the table being rendered as taller. Another point that makes us believe we determine the overall table dimensions based on the heights of the rows, not the other way around.

Let me know if this answered your question.