Add Shapes to PowerPoint in Java

Shapes in PowerPoint can be used to add interest to any presentation, emphasize a point or create custom graphics based on your requirement. Generally, shapes used in PowerPoint are circles, rectangles, squares, pentagons and so on. Furthermore, individual shapes can be merged in to other complex shapes. Let’s take a look at how to add individual shapes or group shapes to PowerPoint by using Free Spire.Presentation for Java.

ADD SPIRE.PRESENTATION.JAR AS 

DEPENDENCY

Download the latest version of Free Spire.Presentation for Java from the link, unzip it and add Spire.Presentation.jar located in the “lib” folder to your Java IDEA.

Of course, if you are creating a Maven project, you can easily add the jar dependency by adding the following configurations to the pom.xml.

<repositories>

        <repository>

            <id>com.e-iceblue</id>

            <name>e-iceblue</name>

            <url>http://repo.e-iceblue.com/nexus/content/groups/public/</url>

        </repository>

</repositories>

<dependencies>

    <dependency>

        <groupId> e-iceblue </groupId>

        <artifactId>spire.presentation</artifactId>

        <version>3.5.4/version>

    </dependency>

</dependencies>

 

Using the code

Sample 1 Add Shapes

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.*;
import javax.imageio.ImageIO;
import java.awt.*;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.awt.image.BufferedImage;
import java.io.File;

public class AddShape {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        //create a PowerPoint document
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

        //append a Triangle and fill the shape with a solid color
        IAutoShape shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.TRIANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Double(115, 130, 100, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        shape.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.orange);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //append an Ellipse and fill the shape with a picture
        shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.ELLIPSE, new Rectangle2D.Double(290, 130, 150, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.PICTURE);
        shape.getFill().getPictureFill().setFillType(PictureFillType.STRETCH);
        BufferedImage image = ImageIO.read(new File("C:\\Users\\Test1\\Desktop\\Image.jpg"));
        shape.getFill().getPictureFill().getPicture().setEmbedImage(presentation.getImages().append(image));
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //append a Heart and fill the shape with a pattern
        shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.HEART, new Rectangle2D.Double(515, 130, 130, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.PATTERN);
        shape.getFill().getPattern().setPatternType(PatternFillType.CROSS);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //append a Five-Pointed Star and fill the shape with a gradient color
        shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.FIVE_POINTED_STAR, new Rectangle2D.Double(115, 300, 100, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.GRADIENT);
        shape.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(0, KnownColors.BLACK);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //append a Rectangle and fill the shape with gradient color
        shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Double(290, 300, 150, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.GRADIENT);
        shape.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(0, KnownColors.LIGHT_SKY_BLUE);
        shape.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(1, KnownColors.ROYAL_BLUE);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //append a Bent Up Arrow and fill the shape with gradient color
        shape = presentation.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.BENT_UP_ARROW, new Rectangle2D.Double(515, 300, 130, 100));
        shape.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.GRADIENT);
        shape.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(1f, KnownColors.OLIVE);
        shape.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(0, KnownColors.POWDER_BLUE);
        shape.getShapeStyle().getLineColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //save the document
        presentation.saveToFile("output/AddShapes.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2010);
    }
}

Output

Sample 2 Add Group shapes

import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;

public class GroupShape {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception{
        //create a PowerPoint document
        Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
        //get the first slide
        ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().get(0);

        //add a rectangle shape to the slide
        IShape rectangle = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Double(20,100,200,40));
        rectangle.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        rectangle.getFill().getSolidColor().setKnownColor(KnownColors.GOLD);
        rectangle.getLine().setWidth(0.1f);

        //add a ribbon shape to the slide
        IShape ribbon = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RIBBON_2, new Rectangle2D.Double(60, 75, 120, 80));
        ribbon.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        ribbon.getFill().getSolidColor().setKnownColor(KnownColors.PURPLE);
        ribbon.getLine().setWidth(0.1f);

        //add the shapes to a list
        ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
        list.add((Shape)rectangle);
        list.add((Shape)ribbon);

        //group the shapes
        ppt.getSlides().get(0).groupShapes(list);

        //save the resultant document
        ppt.saveToFile("output/GroupShapes.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
    }
}

Output