This article demonstrates how to group shapes in a PowerPoint document using Spire.Presentation for Java.
import com.spire.presentation.*;
import com.spire.presentation.drawing.FillFormatType;
import java.awt.geom.Rectangle2D;
import java.util.ArrayList;
public class GroupShapes {
public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
//create a PowerPoint document
Presentation ppt = new Presentation();
//get the first slide
ISlide slide = ppt.getSlides().get(0);
//add a rectangle shape to the slide
IShape rectangle = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RECTANGLE, new Rectangle2D.Double(20,100,200,40));
rectangle.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
rectangle.getFill().getSolidColor().setKnownColor(KnownColors.GOLD);
rectangle.getLine().setWidth(0.1f);
//add a ribbon shape to the slide
IShape ribbon = slide.getShapes().appendShape(ShapeType.RIBBON_2, new Rectangle2D.Double(60, 75, 120, 80));
ribbon.getFill().setFillType(FillFormatType.SOLID);
ribbon.getFill().getSolidColor().setKnownColor(KnownColors.PURPLE);
ribbon.getLine().setWidth(0.1f);
//add the shapes to a list
ArrayList list = new ArrayList();
list.add((Shape)rectangle);
list.add((Shape)ribbon);
//group the shapes
ppt.getSlides().get(0).groupShapes(list);
//save the resultant document
ppt.saveToFile("GroupShapes.pptx", FileFormat.PPTX_2013);
}
}

