Steps to Edit PPTX in Java

GroupDocs.Editor for Java provides an easy and straightforward way for developers to edit the PPTX files using a few lines of code.

Create an instance of Editor class with mandatory file path or byte stream and optional PresentationLoadOptions class and load the PPTX file
Create & set the PresentationEditOptions class instance for the PPTX file format
Call Editor.Edit() method and obtain PPTX document in HTML format that is easily editable with any WYSIWYG-editor.
Call Editor.Save() method and save edited PPTX file using PresentationSaveOptions class

System Requirements

A basic document editing with GroupDocs.Editor for Java APIs can be done by implementing a few easy steps. Our APIs are supported on all major platforms and operating systems. Before executing the code below, please make sure that you have the following prerequisites installed on your system.

Operating Systems: Microsoft Windows, Linux, MacOS
Development Environments: NetBeans, IntelliJ IDEA, Eclipse
Frameworks: Java 7 (1.7) and above
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// Load the PPTX file into Editor with the optional PresentationLoadOptions
Editor editor = new Editor("source.pptx", new PresentationLoadOptions());

// Create and adjust the edit options
PresentationEditOptions editOptions = new PresentationEditOptions();
editOptions.setSlideNumber(1);//select a slide to edit

// Open input PPTX document for edit — obtain an intermediate document, that can be edited
EditableDocument beforeEdit = editor.edit(editOptions);

// Grab PPTX document content and associated resources from editable document
string content = beforeEdit.getEmbeddedHtml();

// Send the content to WYSIWYG-editor, edit it there, and send edited content back to the server-side
// This step simulates a such operation
string updatedContent = content.replace("Title", "Edited Title");

// Grab edited content and resources from WYSIWYG-editor and create a new EditableDocument instance from it
EditableDocument afterEdit = EditableDocument.fromMarkup(updatedContent, null);

// Create a save options and select a desired output format
PresentationSaveOptions saveOptions = new PresentationSaveOptions(PresentationFormats.Pptx);

// Save edited PPTX document to the file
editor.save(afterEdit, "edited.pptx", saveOptions);