【Java】Set the layout of the slide in PowerPoint documents

Microsoft PowerPoint includes 11 built-in slide layouts as below. In our daily work, we can use the slide layouts to reasonably and concisely lay out the text, images or other content in PowerPoint documents.

Requirement and Solution

Now, I want to insert the slide layouts into the slides using Java codes without installing Microsoft PowerPoint. Through survey and test, I find a free Java API called FreeSpire.Presentation for Java can do it. This component can not only set a single layout but also several different layouts.

Dependency

Before running codes, we need add Spire.presentation.jar in the library to IDEA. Download the package from the link and manually add the Jar file, or reference it by using the following Maven configuration in the pom.xml file.

<repositories>
<repository>
<id>com.e-iceblue</id>
<url>http://repo.e-iceblue.cn/repository/maven-public/</url>
</repository>
</repositories>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>e-iceblue</groupId>
<artifactId>spire.presentation.free</artifactId>
<version>3.9.0</version>
</dependency>
</dependencies>

Using the code

Set a single layout

The following codes are used to set a layout called Title Slide for the first slide.

import com.spire.presentation.*;

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

        //Remove the default slide
        ppt.getSlides().removeAt(0);

        //Append a slide and set the layout for slide
        ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().append(SlideLayoutType.TITLE);

        //Add content for Title and Text
        IAutoShape shape = (IAutoShape)slide.getShapes().get(0);
        shape.getTextFrame().setText("Spire.Presentation for Java");

        shape = (IAutoShape)slide.getShapes().get(1);
        shape.getTextFrame().setText("Set the Layout of Slide as Title");

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

Output

Set multiple different layouts

The following codes are designed to set 11 different layouts for
slides. The layouts include Title Slide, Title Only, Blank, Title and Content,
Section Header, Two Content, Comparison, Content with Caption, Picture with
Caption, Title and Vertical Text, Vertical Title and Text.
import com.spire.presentation.*;
public class MultipleLayout {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        //Create an instance of Presentation
        Presentation presentation = new Presentation();

        //Remove the default slide
        presentation.getSlides().removeAt(0);

        //Loop through slide layouts
        for (SlideLayoutType type : SlideLayoutType.values())
        {
            //Append slide by specified slide layout
            presentation.getSlides().append(type);
        }

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