NotesMaster Class

A Notes Master that is a shared layout for all notes in the presentation. The Notes Master contains visual parameters (location on a slide, text format settings, background, and so on) for headers, footers, and notes.

Declaration

public class NotesMaster extends MasterElement

Remarks

The following code snippet creates a Notes Master, customizes placeholder content and formatting, and adds notes to a slide:

Java

import com.devexpress.docs.office.*;
import com.devexpress.docs.presentation.*;
import com.devexpress.system.drawing.*;


// Create a presentation.
try(Presentation presentation = new Presentation()) {
    // Create a Notes Master and assign it to the presentation.
    NotesMaster notesMaster = new NotesMaster("notesMaster");
    presentation.setNotesMaster(notesMaster);

    // Specify text for header and footer placeholders.
    notesMaster.getActualHeaderPlaceholder()
            .getTextArea().setText("Generated by DevExpress Presentation API for Java");

    notesMaster.getActualFooterPlaceholder()
            .getTextArea().setText("2026");

    // Create paragraph properties used to format notes content.
    TextParagraphProperties pp = new TextParagraphProperties();
    pp.getTextProperties().setFontSize(12f);
    pp.getTextProperties().setFill(new SolidFill(Color.getLightGray()));

    // Apply formatting to the header placeholder.
    notesMaster.getActualHeaderPlaceholder()
            .getTextArea().setLevel1ParagraphProperties(pp);

    // Apply formatting to the notes placeholder.
    notesMaster.getActualNotesPlaceholder()
            .getTextArea().setParagraphProperties(pp);

    // Create notes.
    NotesSlide notes = new NotesSlide("notes-slide-1");
    notes.getTextArea().setText("Key points and additional context for the presenter.");

    // Add notes to the first slide in the presentation.
    Slide slide1 = presentation.getSlides().getFirst();
    slide1.setNotes(notes);

    // Perform additional presentation processing logic.
}

Refer to the following help topic for additional information: Add Speaker Notes to Slides.

Inherited Members

notifyChange(Object sender, String propertyName)

deepClone()

getColorMap()

getTheme()

setColorMap(ColorMap value)

setTheme(Theme value)

getActualDateTimePlaceholder()

getActualFooterPlaceholder()

getActualNotesPlaceholder()

getActualSlideNumberPlaceholder()

getBackground()

getName()

getShapes()

setBackground(SlideBackground value)

setName(String value)

com.devexpress.system.JavaObject.clone()

com.devexpress.system.JavaObject.equals(java.lang.Object)

com.devexpress.system.JavaObject.hashCode()

com.devexpress.system.JavaObject.memberwiseClone()

com.devexpress.system.JavaObject.toString()

java.lang.Object.finalize()

java.lang.Object.getClass()

java.lang.Object.notify()

java.lang.Object.notifyAll()

java.lang.Object.wait()

java.lang.Object.wait(long)

java.lang.Object.wait(long,int)

Inheritance

Object

JavaObject

OfficeObject

PresentationObject

SlideBase

MasterElement

NotesMaster

Constructors

NotesMaster() Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the NotesMaster class.

Declaration

public NotesMaster()

NotesMaster(String name) Constructor

Initializes a new instance of the NotesMaster class with specified settings.

Declaration

public NotesMaster(String name)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	String	The notes slide associated with the notes master.

Methods

deepClone() Method

Clones the current NotesMaster instance.

Declaration

public NotesMaster deepClone()

Returns

Type	Description
NotesMaster	The cloned NotesMaster instance.

getActualHeaderPlaceholder() Method

Returns the header shape in the note master layout.

Declaration

public Shape getActualHeaderPlaceholder()

Returns

Type	Description
Shape	The header placeholder shape.

getTextStyle() Method

Returns the default formatting settings of a notes master’s layout.

Declaration

public TextStyle getTextStyle()

Returns

Type	Description
TextStyle	The text style for the notes master.

setTextStyle(TextStyle value) Method

Sets the text style for the notes master.

Declaration

public void setTextStyle(TextStyle value)

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
value	TextStyle	The text style for the notes master.