When we add a trademark, copyright or other symbol to our presentation, we might want the symbol to appear slightly above or below a certain text. In Microsoft PowerPoint, we can implement this effect simply by applying superscript or subscript formatting to the symbol. In this article, we will demonstrate how to achieve this task programmatically in Java using Spire.Presentation for Java.

Install Spire.Presentation for Java

First of all, you're required to add the Spire.Presentation.jar file as a dependency in your Java program. The JAR file can be downloaded from this link. If you use Maven, you can easily import the JAR file in your application by adding the following code to your project's pom.xml file.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.presentation</artifactId>
        <version>9.3.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
    

Add Superscript and Subscript

Spire.Presentation for Java provides the PortionEx.getFormat().setScriptDistance(float value) method for applying superscript or subscript formatting to text. The value can be set as positive or negative. The bigger the positive value, the higher the superscript will appear above your text. The smaller the negative value, the lower the subscript will appear below your text.

The following are the steps to add superscript or subscript to a PowerPoint document:

  • Create a Presentation instance and load a PowerPoint document using Presentation.loadFromFile() method.
  • Get the desired slide using Presentation.getSlides().get() method.
  • Add a shape to the slide using ISlide.getShapes().appendShape() method and set shape fill type and line color.
  • Access the text frame of the shape using IAutoShape.getTextFrame() method, then clear the default paragraph in the text frame using ITextFrameProperties.getParagraphs().clear() method.
  • Create a paragraph using ParagraphEx class, and add normal text to the paragraph using ParagraphEx.setText() method.
  • Create a portion with text using PortionEx class, and then apply superscript or subscript formatting to the text using PortionEx.getFormat().setScriptDistance(float value) method.
  • Set text color, font and font size for the normal text and the superscript or subscript text.
  • Append the paragraph to the text frame of the shape using ITextFrameProperties.getParagraphs().append() method.
  • Save the result document using Presentation.saveToFile() method.
  • Java
import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class AddSuperscriptAndSubscript {
    public static void main(String []args) throws Exception {

        //Load a PowerPoint document
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.loadFromFile("template.pptx");

        //Get the first slide
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get(0);

        //Add a shape to the slide
        IAutoShape shape = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle(150, 100, 200, 50));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //Access the text frame of the shape
        ITextFrameProperties textFrame = shape.getTextFrame();
        //Clear the default paragraph in the text frame
        textFrame.getParagraphs().clear();

        //Create a paragraph with normal text
        ParagraphEx para = new ParagraphEx();
        para.setText("E=mc");
        
        //Create a portion with superscript text
        PortionEx tr = new PortionEx("2");
        tr.getFormat().setScriptDistance(40);
        
        //Append the portion to the paragraph
        para.getTextRanges().append(tr);
        
        para.getTextRanges().append(new PortionEx("\n"));

        //Set text color, font and font size for the normal text
        tr = para.getTextRanges().get(0);
        tr.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        tr.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(new Color(128,0,128));
        tr.setFontHeight(20);
        tr.setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial"));
        
        //Set text color and font for the superscript text
        tr = para.getTextRanges().get(1);
        tr.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        tr.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.BLUE);
        tr.setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial"));

        //Append the paragraph to the text frame of the shape
        textFrame.getParagraphs().append(para);
        
        //Create another paragraph with normal text
        para = new ParagraphEx();
        para.setText("X");
        
        //Create a portion with subscript text
        tr = new PortionEx("100");
        tr.getFormat().setScriptDistance(-25);
        
        //Append the portion to the paragraph
        para.getTextRanges().append(tr);

        //Set text color, font and font size for the normal text
        tr = para.getTextRanges().get(0);
        tr.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        tr.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(new Color(128,0,128));
        tr.setFontHeight(20);
        tr.setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial"));
        
        //Set text color and font for the subscript text
        tr = para.getTextRanges().get(1);
        tr.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        tr.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.BLUE);
        tr.setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial"));

        //Append the paragraph to the text frame of the shape
        textFrame.getParagraphs().append(para);

        //Save the result document
        presentation.saveToFile("AddSuperscriptAndSubscript.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Output:

Java: Add Superscript and Subscript to PowerPoint

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Tuesday, 24 August 2021 06:51

Change Font Styles in PowerPoint in Java

This article demonstrates how to change font styles (font name, font size, font color, bold, italic and underlined) of an existing PowerPoint document by using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;

import java.awt.*;

public class ChangeFontStyles {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a Presentation object
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

        //Load the sample PowerPoint file
        presentation.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\sample.pptx");

        //Get the text shape
        IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape) presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().get(0);

        //Get the first paragraph and change the font color of it
        ParagraphEx paragraph = shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0);
        PortionEx textRange =  paragraph.getFirstTextRange();
        textRange.getFormat().getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        textRange.getFormat().getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.blue);

        //Get the second paragraph and make the text bold, italic and unlined
        paragraph = shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(1);
        textRange = paragraph.getFirstTextRange();
        textRange.getFormat().isBold(TriState.TRUE);
        textRange.getFormat().isItalic(TriState.TRUE);
        textRange.getFormat().setTextUnderlineType(TextUnderlineType.DASHED);

        //Get the third paragraph and change the font name and size
        paragraph = shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(2);
        textRange = paragraph.getFirstTextRange();
        textRange.getFormat().setLatinFont(new TextFont("Segoe Print"));
        textRange.getFormat().setFontHeight(22f);

        //Save the document
        presentation.saveToFile("output/ChangeFontStyles.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Change Font Styles in PowerPoint in Java

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Thursday, 01 July 2021 06:31

Set Text Alignment within a Shape in Java

This article demonstrates how to set text horizontal and vertical alignment within a shape using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class SetTextAlignment {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a Presentation object 
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Add a shape 
        IAutoShape textShape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Float(50, 50, 400, 200));
        textShape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.DARK_GRAY);
        textShape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);

        //Remove the default paragraphs 
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().clear();

        //Add a paragraph and append some text to it 
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().append(new ParagraphEx());
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).getTextRanges().append(new PortionEx("Text Alignment"));
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).getTextRanges().get(0).setFontHeight(20f);
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).getTextRanges().get(0).setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial"));
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).getTextRanges().get(0).getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).getTextRanges().get(0).getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);

        //Set text horizontal alignment to right 
        textShape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).setAlignment(TextAlignmentType.RIGHT);

        //Set text vertical alignment to bottom 
        textShape.getTextFrame().setAnchoringType(TextAnchorType.BOTTOM);

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("output/TextAlignment.pptx",FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Set Text Alignment within a Shape in Java

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This article demonstrates how to get the position of text in PowerPoint in Java using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.IAutoShape;
import com.spire.presentation.ISlide;
import com.spire.presentation.Presentation;

import java.awt.geom.Point2D;

public class GetPositionOfText {
    public static void main(String []args) throws Exception {
        //Create a Presentation instance
        Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
        //Load a PowerPoint document
        ppt.loadFromFile("Sample.pptx");

        //Get the first slide
        ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().get(0);
        //Get the first shape
        IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)slide.getShapes().get(0);
        //Get location of text in the shape
        Point2D location =shape.getTextFrame().getTextLocation();

        //Print out the x and y coordinates of the location relative to slide
        String  point1="Text's position relative to Slide: x= "+location.getX()+" y = "+location.getY();
        System.out.println(point1);

        //Print out the x and y coordinates of the location relative to shape
        String point2 = "Text's position relative to shape: x= " + (location.getX() - shape.getLeft()) + "  y = " + (location.getY() - shape.getTop());
        System.out.println(point2);
    }
}

Output:

Get Position of Text in PowerPoint in Java

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This article demonstrates how to apply transparency to text in PowerPoint using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class ApplyTransparency {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a PowerPoint document
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Add a shape
        IAutoShape textbox = presentation .getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE,new Rectangle2D.Float(50, 70, 300, 120));
        textbox.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(new Color(1,1,1,0));
        textbox.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);

        //Remove default paragraphs
        textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().clear();

        //Add three paragraphs and apply colors with different alpha values to the text
        int alpha = 55;
        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
        {
            textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().append(new ParagraphEx());
            textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(i).getTextRanges().append(new PortionEx("Text Transparency"));
            textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(i).getTextRanges().get(0).getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);
            textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(i).getTextRanges().get(0).getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
            textbox.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(i).getTextRanges().get(0).getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(new Color(176, 48, 96, alpha));
            alpha += 100;
        }

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("TextTransparency.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Apply Transparency to Text in PowerPoint in Java

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This article demonstrates how to apply a shadow effect to the text in a PowerPoint slide using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.OuterShadowEffect;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class SetShadowEffect {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {

        //Create a Presentation object
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.getSlideSize().setType(SlideSizeType.SCREEN_16_X_9);

        //Get the first slide
        ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get(0);

        //Add a rectangle to slide
        IAutoShape shape = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE,new Rectangle2D.Float(50,80,500,100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);
        shape.getLine().setFillType(FillFormatType.NONE);

        //Set text of the shape
        shape.appendTextFrame("Text shading on slide");

        //Set font style
        shape.getTextFrame().getTextRange().setFontHeight(38f);
        shape.getTextFrame().getTextRange().setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial Black"));
        shape.getTextFrame().getTextRange().getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        shape.getTextFrame().getTextRange().getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.BLACK);

        //Create a OuterShadowEffect object
        OuterShadowEffect outerShadow= new OuterShadowEffect();

        //Set the shadow effect
        outerShadow.setBlurRadius(0);
        outerShadow.setDirection(50);
        outerShadow.setDistance(10);
        outerShadow.getColorFormat().setColor(Color.orange);

        //Apply shadow effect to text
        shape.getTextFrame().getTextRange().getEffectDag().setOuterShadowEffect(outerShadow);

        //Save to file
        presentation.saveToFile("output/AddShadow.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Apply a Shadow Effect to Text in PowerPoint in Java

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We have already introduced how to add animation effect to shape in PowerPoint, in this article, we will introduce how to add animation effect to paragraph in PowerPoint using Spire.Presentation for Java.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.animation.*;

import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;

public class AddAnimationOnParagraph {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        //Create a Presentation instance
        Presentation ppt = new Presentation();

        //Get the first slide
        ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().get(0);

        //Add a shape to the slide
        IAutoShape shape = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Double(150, 150, 450, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        shape.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.gray);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);
        shape.appendTextFrame("This demo shows how to apply animation on paragraph in PPT document.");

        //Add animation effect to the first paragraph in the shape
        AnimationEffect animation = shape.getSlide().getTimeline().getMainSequence().addEffect(shape, AnimationEffectType.FLOAT);
        animation.setStartEndParagraphs(0, 0);

        //Save the result document
        ppt.saveToFile("AddAnimationOnPara.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
        ppt.dispose();
    }
}

Output:

Add Animation Effect to Paragraph in PowerPoint in Java

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We have already demonstrated how to insert HTML formatted text to a Presentation slide by using Spire.Presentation for Java. This article will introduce the way to insert HTML with images to PowerPoint and each html tag will be added to the slide as a separate shape.

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.collections.*;

public class AddHTMLWithImage {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        //Create an instance of presentation document
        Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
        //Get the shapes on the first slide.
        ShapeList shapes = ppt.getSlides().get(0).getShapes();
        //Add contents to shapes from HTML codes, which includes text and image.
        shapes.addFromHtml("<html><div><p>E-iceblue</p>" +
                "<p><img src='https://cdn.e-iceblue.com/C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\logo.png'/></p>" +
                "<p>Spire.Presentation for Java</p></html>");

        //Save the document
        String result = "output/insertHtmlWithImage.pptx";
        ppt.saveToFile(result, FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Insert HTML with images into PowerPoint in Java

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Thursday, 29 September 2022 06:44

Java: Highlight Text in PowerPoint

When you want to emphasize a particular point in a PowerPoint presentation, you can highlight it with a bright color to help the audience catch it at first glance. In this article, we will explain how to highlight text in a PowerPoint presentation in Java using Spire.Presentation for Java.

Install Spire.Presentation for Java

First of all, you're required to add the Spire.Presentation.jar file as a dependency in your Java program. The JAR file can be downloaded from this link. If you use Maven, you can easily import the JAR file in your application by adding the following code to your project's pom.xml file.

<repositories>
    <repository>
        <id>com.e-iceblue</id>
        <name>e-iceblue</name>
        <url>https://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>
    </repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
    <dependency>
        <groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
        <artifactId>spire.presentation</artifactId>
        <version>9.3.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>
    

Highlight Text in PowerPoint in Java

The following are the steps to highlight specific text in a PowerPoint document:

  • Initialize an instance of Presentation class.
  • Load a PowerPoint presentation using Presentation.loadFromFile() method.
  • Loop through the slides in the presentation and the shapes on each slide.
  • Check if the current shape is of IAutoShape type.
  • If the result is true, typecast it to IAutoShape.
  • Initialize an instance of TextHighLightingOptions class, and set the text highlighting options such as whole words only and case sensitive using TextHighLightingOptions.setWholeWordsOnly() and TextHighLightingOptions.setCaseSensitive() methods.
  • Highlight a specific text in the shape using IAutoShape.getTextFrame().highLightText() method.
  • Save the result file using Presentation.saveToFile() method.
  • Java
import com.spire.presentation.*;

import java.awt.*;

public class HighlightTextInPPT {
    public static void main(String []args) throws Exception {
        //Create an instance of Presentation class
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        //Load a PowerPoint file
        presentation.loadFromFile("Input.pptx");

        //Loop through all slides
        for (int i = 0; i < presentation.getSlides().getCount(); i++)
        {
            //Get the current slide
            ISlide slide = presentation.getSlides().get(i);
            //Loop through the shapes on the slide
            for (int j = 0; j < slide.getShapes().getCount(); j++)
            {
                //Check if the current shape is of IAutoShape type
                if (slide.getShapes().get(j) instanceof IAutoShape)
                {
                    //Typecast the shape to IAutoShape
                    IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)slide.getShapes().get(j);

                    //Create an instance of TextHighLightingOptions class
                    TextHighLightingOptions options = new TextHighLightingOptions();
                    //Set text highlighting options
                    options.setCaseSensitive(true);
                    options.setWholeWordsOnly(true);

                    //Highlight specific text within the shape with color
                    shape.getTextFrame().highLightText("Spire", Color.YELLOW, options);
                }
            }
        }

        //Save the result file
        presentation.saveToFile("HighlightText.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);

    }
}

Java: Highlight Text in PowerPoint

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There are two kinds of special indents styles for the paragraph on the presentation slides, first line and hanging. This article will demonstrate how to set the indents and spacing for the paragraph on presentation slide in Java applications.

import com.spire.presentation.*;

public class IndentStyle {
    public static void main(String[] args)  throws Exception{
        //Load the sample document
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.loadFromFile("Indent.pptx");

        //get the shapes
        IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape) presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().get(0);

        //set the indent, margin and space for the first paragraph
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).setIndent(20);
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).setLeftMargin(10);
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(0).setSpaceAfter(10);

        //set the indent, margin and space for the third paragraph
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(2).setIndent(-100);
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(2).setLeftMargin(40);
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(2).setSpaceBefore(0);
        shape.getTextFrame().getParagraphs().get(2).setSpaceAfter(0);

        //save the document to file
        String output = "output/result.pptx";
        presentation.saveToFile(output, FileFormat.PPTX_2010);
    }
}

Effective screenshot after setting the indent style of paragraphs on presentation slide:

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