ApacheCreateBulletList.java

package featurescomparison.workingwithslides.createbulletedlists.java;

import java.io.FileOutputStream;

import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.Slide;
import org.apache.poi.hslf.model.TextBox;
import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.RichTextRun;
import org.apache.poi.hslf.usermodel.SlideShow;

public class ApacheCreateBulletList
{
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception
	{
		String dataPath = "src/featurescomparison/workingwithslides/createbulletedlists/data/";
		
		SlideShow ppt = new SlideShow();

		  Slide slide = ppt.createSlide();

		  TextBox shape = new TextBox();
		  RichTextRun rt = shape.getTextRun().getRichTextRuns()[0];
		  shape.setText(
		          "January\r" +
		          "February\r" +
		          "March\r" +
		          "April");
		  rt.setFontSize(42);
		  rt.setBullet(true);
		  rt.setBulletOffset(0);  //bullet offset
		  rt.setTextOffset(50);   //text offset (should be greater than bullet offset)
		  rt.setBulletChar('\u263A'); //bullet character
		  slide.addShape(shape);

		  shape.setAnchor(new java.awt.Rectangle(50, 50, 500, 300));  //position of the text box in the slide
		  slide.addShape(shape);

		  FileOutputStream out = new FileOutputStream(dataPath + "ApacheBullets.ppt");
		  ppt.write(out);
		  out.close();
		  
		  System.out.println("Done...");
	}
}