Java adds a text box to PowerPoint slides

A text box refers to a movable and resizable text or graphic container. In PowerPoint, if you need to add new content, you often need to insert a new text box. In this article, how to use Free Spire.Presentation for Java to add a textbox to a PowerPoint slide and set the textbox border style, fill effect, shadow effect, textbox rotation, textstyle and more.

** Import JAR package ** ** Method 1: ** Download Free Spire.Presentation for Java, unzip it, and in the lib folder Import the Spire.Presentation.jar package into your Java application as a dependency. ** Method 2: ** Install the JAR package directly from the Maven repository and configure the pom.xml file as follows:

<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.free</artifactId>
        <version>2.6.1</version>
    </dependency>
</dependencies>

** Java code **

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

import java.awt.*;

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

        //Takes the first slide and adds a rectangular textbox of the specified size and position
        IAutoShape tb = ppt.getSlides().get(0).getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE,new Rectangle(80, 120, 550, 200));

        //Set the border style of the text box
        tb.getLine().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        tb.getLine().setWidth(2.5);
        tb.getLine().getSolidFillColor().setColor(Color.white);

        //Add text to the text box and format the text
        tb.appendTextFrame("Thanks for watching!\n Thanks for Watching");
        PortionEx textRange = tb.getTextFrame().getTextRange();
        textRange.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
        textRange.getFill().getSolidColor().setColor(Color.white);
        textRange.setFontHeight(30);
        textRange.setLatinFont(new TextFont("Arial Unicode MS"));

        //Fill the text box with a gradient color
        tb.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.GRADIENT);
        tb.getFill().getGradient().setGradientShape(GradientShapeType.LINEAR);
        tb.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(1f,KnownColors.LIGHT_SEA_GREEN);
        tb.getFill().getGradient().getGradientStops().append(0f,KnownColors.LIGHT_PINK);

        //Set the shadow effect of the text box
        OuterShadowEffect shadowEffect= new OuterShadowEffect();
        shadowEffect.setBlurRadius(20);
        shadowEffect.setDirection(30);
        shadowEffect.setDistance(8);
        shadowEffect.getColorFormat().setColor(Color.LIGHT_GRAY);
        tb.getEffectDag().setOuterShadowEffect(shadowEffect);

        //Set the text box to rotate 5 degrees to the right (rotate to the left sets the value to a negative number)
        tb.setRotation(5);

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

** Result of adding text box: **