Add speaker notes

The following example shows you how to add speaker notes text to the first slide of a presentation.

import com.independentsoft.office.drawing.TextParagraph;
import com.independentsoft.office.drawing.TextRun;
import com.independentsoft.office.drawing.TransformGroup2D;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.CommonSlideData;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.NotesSlide;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.Presentation;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.Slide;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.drawing.GroupShape;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.drawing.Placeholder;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.drawing.PlaceholderType;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.drawing.Shape;
import com.independentsoft.office.presentation.drawing.ShapeTextBody;

public class Example {

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        try
        {
            Presentation presentation = new Presentation("c:\\test\\input.pptx");

            Slide slide = presentation.getSlides().get(0);

            GroupShape shapeTree = new GroupShape();
            shapeTree.setID("1");
            shapeTree.setName("NotesShapeTree");
            shapeTree.getShapeProperties().setTransformGroup2D(new TransformGroup2D());

            TextRun run = new TextRun("Remember to mention the Q3 sales numbers.");

            TextParagraph paragraph = new TextParagraph();
            paragraph.getContent().add(run);

            ShapeTextBody textBody = new ShapeTextBody();
            textBody.getParagraphs().add(paragraph);

            Shape notesBody = new Shape();
            notesBody.setID("2");
            notesBody.setName("Notes Placeholder");
            notesBody.setPlaceholder(new Placeholder(PlaceholderType.BODY));
            notesBody.setTextBody(textBody);

            shapeTree.getElements().add(notesBody);

            CommonSlideData commonSlideData = new CommonSlideData();
            commonSlideData.setShapeTree(shapeTree);

            NotesSlide notesSlide = new NotesSlide();
            notesSlide.setCommonSlideData(commonSlideData);

            slide.setNotesSlide(notesSlide);

            presentation.save("c:\\test\\output.pptx", true);
        }
        catch (Exception e)
        {
            System.out.println(e.getMessage());
            e.printStackTrace();
        }
    }
}

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