Digitally Sign POTM Files in C# .NET, Xamarin & Mono

Add Digital Signatures to POTM in C#

Conholdate.Total for .NET supports signing POTM documents with digital signatures using a few lines of C# .NET code.

Instantiate Signature with input (POTM) document
Instantiate DigitalSignOptions object with certificate details & password
Call Sign method of Signature class and pass DigitalSignOptions to it

Download Digital Signature API

Signing digital documents requires GroupDocs.Signature namespace. You can download the respective files or fetch the whole package directly from NuGet.

Sign your digtial documents with Barcode, Text, Image, Metadata, QR Code, Form Field and stamp signatures on operating systems such as Windows, Linux or macOS while using platforms such as Windows Azure, Mono and Xamarin.

Add Image Signatures to POTM in C# .NET

Programmatically add digital image signatures to POTM documents in C# .NET applications. Create custom images, company logos, names, stamps or icons with advanced affects using the electronic signature API.

Instantiate Signature with input (POTM) document
Instantiate ImageSignOptions object as required and specify image signature options
Call Sign method of Signature class and pass ImageSignOptions to it

POTM Document Information Extraction

The documents information extraction API not only allows getting the basic information about the source document file (POTM) but it also supports extracting some valuable document information such as file type, file size, pages count, page height and width etc.

Add custom digital signatures to document formats on different operating systems such as Windows, Linux or macOS while using platforms such as Windows Azure, Mono and Xamarin.

Add Barcode Signatures to POTM in C# .NET

Digitally sign POTM documents with barcode or QR-code signatures in any type of .NET application. Add 60+ popular barcode types (machine-readable form) as electronic signatures to a wide range of digital documents and image formats.

Instantiate Signature with input (POTM) document
Instantiate BarcodeSignOptions object as per requirementand specify barcode signature type
Specify barcode signature type and set Text property value
Call Sign method of Signature class and pass BarcodeSignOptions to it

Load & Sign Remotely Located Documents

The document eSign API enables you to render remotely located documents from various cloud document storage sources such as stream, local disk, URL, FTP, Amazon S3, and Azure Blob storage. The document preview feature enables you to get the image representation of the document pages that can be useful to preview and adjust the position of digital signature inside the document.

Get the document preview of whole document or some specific page numbers in PNG, JPG or BMP image formats.

What is POTM file format?

A POTM file refers to a macro-enabled presentation template created using Microsoft PowerPoint, a software program used for creating slide show presentations. It includes default images, slide templates, macros, and formatting. POTM files are commonly used by PowerPoint users to create multiple .PPTM files with consistent designs and macro settings.

POTM files offer additional functionality compared to typical presentation files, as they support macros. Macros are script-like functions that automate repetitive tasks within PowerPoint. Users can record macros that can be replayed to perform specific actions and assign them to buttons or keystrokes for convenient execution. To record a macro, users can select View → Macros in PowerPoint.

For general presentation creation, users can save their files as .PPTX or .POTX files. However, if they want to create a template that incorporates macros, they can save their presentation as a POTM file.

It’s worth noting that POTM files were introduced by Microsoft when they released Microsoft Office 2007.

To open a POTM file, Microsoft PowerPoint (2007 or later) is the recommended application for full support of presentation formatting and embedded macros on both Windows and macOS. Alternative applications like Apache OpenOffice Impress, Kingsoft Presentation, and Apple Keynote can also open POTM files, but some formatting and macros may not be fully preserved. For Mac users looking to view a POTM file without editing, Apple Preview (bundled with macOS) or Google Drive, a free cloud storage service, can be used.

Online platforms like Google Slides allow users to upload POTM files for viewing, editing, and conversion. However, it’s important to note that Google Slides does not support macros.

To convert a POTM file, various presentation applications including Microsoft PowerPoint, Apple Keynote, and OpenOffice Impress offer conversion capabilities. In Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows and Mac, users can select File → Save As and choose from formats such as .PPTX, .PPT, .PDF, .ODP, .XPS, .MP4, .WMV, .JPEG, and .PNG to convert the POTM file to their desired format.

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Digitally Sign POTM in C# .NET