How do I use Python to automatically generate a simple PowerPoint example?

I am trying to reproduce the result of the example file provided by Professor Zhao using Enthought Canopy:

http://www.shengdongzhao.com/shen_blog/how-to-automatically-create-powerpoint-slides-using-python/

I seem to have the same problem as others (and seems to still have) which you can see in the comments below the linked blog post. I understand prof. Zhao mentions that the error can be caused by improper installation of the environment. I thought it might have something to do with environment variables not being specified correctly. I tried the first answer to the following, but it looks like it prevents even opening the canopy (something not like me)

How to add to pythonpath on Windows 7?

So what is left for me to do: I open its scripts in Canopy and then run MSO.py and then MSPPT.py and then MSPPTUtil.py. Then when I run CreateSlideExamples.py (photo.JPG directory updated) I only get one table slide slide

The console is littered with the following list of errors:

%run C:/Users/dirkh_000/AppData/Local/Temp/Temp1_MSPPT.zip/MSO.py

%run "C:/Users/dirkh_000/Documents/Python scripts/Auto pp example/MSPPT.py"

%run "C:/Users/dirkh_000/Documents/Python scripts/Auto pp example/MSPPTUtil.py"

%run "C:/Users/dirkh_000/Documents/Python scripts/Auto pp example/CreateSlideExamples.py"
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
AttributeError                            Traceback (most recent call last)
C:\Users\dirkh_000\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\App\appdata\canopy-1.4.1.1975.win-x86_64\lib\site-packages\IPython\utils\py3compat.pyc in execfile(fname, glob, loc)
    195             else:
    196                 filename = fname
--> 197             exec compile(scripttext, filename, 'exec') in glob, loc
    198     else:
    199         def execfile(fname, *where):

C:\Users\dirkh_000\Documents\Python scripts\Auto pp example\CreateSlideExamples.py in <module>()
     40 
     41 # step 3: show the slide
---> 42 presentation.create_show()
     43 
     44 # Now you can save the slide somewhere

C:\Users\dirkh_000\Documents\Python scripts\Auto pp example\MSPPTUtil.pyc in create_show(self, visible)
     45                         if visible:
     46                                 slide.select() #bring slide to front
---> 47                         slide.format_slide()
     48         def save_as(self, file_name):
     49                 self.presentation.SaveAs(file_name)

C:\Users\dirkh_000\Documents\Python scripts\Auto pp example\MSPPTUtil.pyc in format_slide(self)
     64                 self.slide.Select()
     65         def format_slide(self):
---> 66                 self.format_content()
     67                 self.format_title()
     68         def format_title(self):

C:\Users\dirkh_000\Documents\Python scripts\Auto pp example\MSPPTUtil.pyc in format_content(self)
    252                 if self.title:
    253                         #add title
--> 254                         title_range = slide.Shapes[0].TextFrame.TextRange
    255                         title_range.Text = self.title
    256                         title_range.Font.Bold = True

C:\Users\dirkh_000\AppData\Local\Enthought\Canopy\User\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.pyc in __getattr__(self, attr)
    463                 args=self._prop_map_get_.get(attr)
    464                 if args is None:
--> 465                         raise AttributeError("'%s' object has no attribute '%s'" % (repr(self), attr))
    466                 return self._ApplyTypes_(*args)
    467 

AttributeError: '<win32com.gen_py.Microsoft PowerPoint 15.0 Object Library.Shapes instance at 0x164276808>' object has no attribute '__getitem__' 

      

        
        
        
      

    

Any help is appreciated. I am running windows 8.1, powerpoint 2013.