Work with PowerPoint Slide Notes in Java

add-slide-notes.java

// Load presentation file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("presentation.pptx");

// Access notes slide manager
INotesSlideManager mgr = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0).getNotesSlideManager();

// Add text to the notes
INotesSlide note = mgr.getNotesSlide();
note.getNotesTextFrame().setText("new slide note");

// Save updated presentation
presentation.save("added-slide-notes.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);

read-slide-notes.java

// Load presentation file
Presentation presentation = new Presentation("presentation.pptx");

// Access notes slide manager
INotesSlideManager mgr = presentation.getSlides().get_Item(0).getNotesSlideManager();

// Read slide notes
INotesSlide note = mgr.getNotesSlide();
System.out.println(note.getNotesTextFrame().getText());

remove-slide-notes.java

// Access notes slide manager
Presentation pres = new Presentation("presWithNotes.pptx");

// Remove notes of first slide
INotesSlideManager mgr = pres.getSlides().get_Item(0).getNotesSlideManager();
mgr.removeNotesSlide();

// Save updated presentation
pres.save("test.pptx", SaveFormat.Pptx);