Add or Delete Rows and Columns from PowerPoint Table in Java

This article demonstrates how to add or delete rows and columns in a PowerPoint table using Spire.Presentation for Java.

Here is a screenshot of the sample PowerPoint file:

Add or Delete Rows and Columns from PowerPoint Table in Java

Add a row and a column

import com.spire.presentation.*;

public class AddRowAndColumn {

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

        //load the sample PowerPoint file
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\input.pptx");

        //get the table in the document
        ITable table = null;
        for (Object shape : presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes()) {
            if (shape instanceof ITable) {
                table = (ITable) shape;

                //add the last row to the end of the table as a new row
                int rowCount = table.getTableRows().getCount();
                TableRow row = table.getTableRows().get(rowCount - 1);
                table.getTableRows().append(row);

                //get the new row and set the text for each cell
                rowCount = table.getTableRows().getCount();
                row = table.getTableRows().get(rowCount - 1);
                row.get(0).getTextFrame().setText("America");
                row.get(1).getTextFrame().setText("Washington");
                row.get(2).getTextFrame().setText("North America");
                row.get(3).getTextFrame().setText("9372610");

                //add the last column to the end of the table as a new column
                int colCount = table.getColumnsList().getCount();
                TableColumn column =table.getColumnsList().get(colCount-1);
                table.getColumnsList().add(column);

                //get the new column and set the text for each cell
                colCount = table.getColumnsList().getCount();
                column = table.getColumnsList().get(colCount-1);
                column.get(0).getTextFrame().setText("Population");
                column.get(1).getTextFrame().setText("32370000");
                column.get(2).getTextFrame().setText("7350000");
                column.get(3).getTextFrame().setText("15040000");
                column.get(4).getTextFrame().setText("26500000");
                column.get(5).getTextFrame().setText("329740000");
            }
        }
        
        //save the document
        presentation.saveToFile("output/AddRowAndColumn.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Add or Delete Rows and Columns from PowerPoint Table in Java

Delete a row and a column

import com.spire.presentation.FileFormat;
import com.spire.presentation.ITable;
import com.spire.presentation.Presentation;

public class DeleteRowAndColumn {

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

        //load the sample PowerPoint file
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();
        presentation.loadFromFile("C:\\Users\\Administrator\\Desktop\\input.pptx");

        //get the table in the document
        ITable table = null;
        for (Object shape : presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes()) {
            if (shape instanceof ITable) {
                table = (ITable) shape;
                
                //delete the second column
                table.getColumnsList().removeAt(1, false);
                
                //delete the second row
                table.getTableRows().removeAt(1, false);
            }
        }
        
        //save the document
        presentation.saveToFile("output/DeleteRowAndColumn.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Add or Delete Rows and Columns from PowerPoint Table in Java