Align Shapes

Introduction

Aligning shapes in PowerPoint presentations is an essential feature that allows you to create professionally polished slides and documents. This feature ensures precise arrangement, alignment, and distribution of space between shapes, making the presentation look more organized and easily comprehensible. Use the following method to align shapes on special slides (Master, Layout, or Notes) and enhance the visual appeal of your presentations.

AlignSpecialSlideShapes

API Information

API	Type	Description	Resource
/slides/{name}/slides/{slideIndex}/{slideType}/shapes/align/{alignmentType}	POST	Aligns shapes to the edge of the slide or aligns them relative to each other on a special slide.	AlignSpecialSlideShapes

Request Parameters

Name	Type	Location	Required	Description
name	string	path	true	The name of a presentation file saved in a storage.
slideIndex	integer	path	true	The 1-based index of a presentation slide.
slideType	`MasterSlide` or `LayoutSlide` or `NotesSlide`	path	true	The type of a special slide.
alignmentType	`ShapesAlignmentType`	path	true	The type of alignment that will be applied to the shapes.
alignToSlide	boolean	query	false	If `true`, the shapes will be aligned to the slide edges; otherwise, they will be aligned to each other. The default is `false`.
shapes	string	query	false	The indices of the shapes to be aligned.
password	string	header	false	The password to open the presentation.
folder	string	query	false	The folder where the presentation file is located.
storage	string	query	false	The storage where the folder is located.
subShape	string	query	false	The sub-shape path (e.g. “3”, “3/shapes/2”).

In case of Amazon S3 storage folder path starts with Amazon S3 bucket name.

ShapesAlignmentType Values

Name	Value	Description
AlignLeft	0	Align shapes to the left.
AlignRight	1	Align shapes to the right.
AlignCenter	2	Align shapes to the center.
AlignTop	3	Align shapes to the top.
AlignMiddle	4	Align shapes to the middle.
AlignBottom	5	Align shapes to the bottom.
DistributeHorizontally	6	Distribute shapes horizontally.
DistributeVertically	7	Distribute shapes vertically.

Examples

The document MyPresentation.pptx contains “Date and time”, “Footer”, and “Slide number” placeholders on the Master slide of the first presentation slide. Align the “Date and time” and “Slide number” to the bottom of the Master slide.

Screenshot of the Master slide.

cURL Solution

Request

Get an Access Token

curl POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/connect/token" \
     -d "grant_type=client_credentials&client_id=MyClientId&client_secret=MyClientSecret" \
     -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded"

Align the Placeholders

curl -X POST "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/slides/1/MasterSlide/shapes/align/AlignBottom?alignToSlide=true&shapes=1,3" \
     -H "authorization: Bearer MyAccessToken" \
     -H "Content-Length: 0"

Response

Response Example

{
  "shapesLinks": [
    {
      "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes/1",
      "relation": "self",
      "shapeIndex": 1
    },
    {
      "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes/2",
      "relation": "self",
      "shapeIndex": 2
    },
    {
      "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes/3",
      "relation": "self",
      "shapeIndex": 3
    }
  ],
  "selfUri": {
    "href": "https://api.aspose.cloud/v3.0/slides/MyPresentation.pptx/masterSlides/1/shapes",
    "relation": "self"
  }
}

SDK Solutions

using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk;
using Aspose.Slides.Cloud.Sdk.Model;
using System.Collections.Generic;

class Application
{
    static void Main(string[] args)
    {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

        string fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        SpecialSlideType slideType = SpecialSlideType.MasterSlide;
        ShapesAlignmentType alignmentType = ShapesAlignmentType.AlignBottom;
        bool alignToSlide = true;
        List<int> shapeIndices = new List<int> { 1, 3 };

        slidesApi.AlignSpecialSlideShapes(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, alignmentType, alignToSlide, shapeIndices);
    }
}

Java

import com.aspose.slides.ApiException;
import com.aspose.slides.api.SlidesApi;
import com.aspose.slides.model.SpecialSlideType;
import com.aspose.slides.model.ShapesAlignmentType;

import java.util.Arrays;
import java.util.List;

public class Application {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws ApiException {
        SlidesApi slidesApi = new SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret";

        String fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
        int slideIndex = 1;
        SpecialSlideType slideType = SpecialSlideType.MASTERSLIDE;
        ShapesAlignmentType alignmentType = ShapesAlignmentType.ALIGNBOTTOM;
        boolean alignToSlide = true;
        List<Integer> shapeIndices = Arrays.asList(1, 3);

        slidesApi.alignSpecialSlideShapes(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, alignmentType, alignToSlide, shapeIndices, null, null, null, null);
    }
}

PHP

use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\Configuration;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Api\SlidesApi;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Model\SpecialSlideType;
use Aspose\Slides\Cloud\Sdk\Model\ShapesAlignmentType;

$configuration = new Configuration();
$configuration->setAppSid("MyClientId");
$configuration->setAppKey("MyClientSecret");

$slidesApi = new SlidesApi(null, $configuration);

$fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
$slideIndex = 1;
$slideType = SpecialSlideType::MASTER_SLIDE;
$alignmentType = ShapesAlignmentType::ALIGN_BOTTOM;
$alignToSlide = true;
$shapeIndices = [1, 3];

$slidesApi->alignSpecialSlideShapes($fileName, $slideIndex, $slideType, $alignmentType, $alignToSlide, $shapeIndices);

Ruby

require "aspose_slides_cloud"

include AsposeSlidesCloud

configuration = Configuration.new
configuration.app_sid = "MyClientId"
configuration.app_key = "MyClientSecret"

slides_api = SlidesApi.new(configuration)

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
slide_type = SpecialSlideType::MASTER_SLIDE
alignment_type = ShapesAlignmentType::ALIGN_BOTTOM
align_to_slide = true
shape_indices = [1, 3]

slides_api.align_special_slide_shapes(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, alignment_type, align_to_slide, shape_indices)

Python

from asposeslidescloud.apis.slides_api import SlidesApi
from asposeslidescloud.models.special_slide_type import SpecialSlideType
from asposeslidescloud.models.shapes_alignment_type import ShapesAlignmentType

slides_api = SlidesApi(None, "MyClientId", "MyClientSecret")

file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx"
slide_index = 1
slide_type = SpecialSlideType.MASTERSLIDE
alignment_type = ShapesAlignmentType.ALIGNBOTTOM
align_to_slide = True
shape_indices = [1, 3]

slides_api.align_special_slide_shapes(file_name, slide_index, slide_type, alignment_type, align_to_slide, shape_indices)

Node.js

const cloudSdk = require("asposeslidescloud");

const slidesApi = new cloudSdk.SlidesApi("MyClientId", "MyClientSecret");

fileName = "MyPresentation.pptx";
slideIndex = 1;
slideType = cloudSdk.SpecialSlideType.MasterSlide;
alignmentType = cloudSdk.ShapesAlignmentType.AlignBottom;
alignToSlide = true;
shapeIndices = [1, 3];

slidesApi.alignSpecialSlideShapes(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, alignmentType, alignToSlide, shapeIndices).then(shapes => {
    console.log("The shapes have been aligned.");
});

C++

#include "asposeslidescloud/api/SlidesApi.h"

using namespace asposeslidescloud::api;

int main()
{
    std::shared_ptr<SlidesApi> slidesApi = std::make_shared<SlidesApi>(L"MyClientId", L"MyClientSecret");

    const wchar_t* fileName = L"MyPresentation.pptx";
    const int slideIndex = 1;
    const wchar_t* slideType = L"MasterSlide";
    const wchar_t* alignmentType = L"AlignBottom";
    const bool alignToSlide = true;
    const std::vector<int> shapeIndices = { 1, 3 };

    slidesApi->alignSpecialSlideShapes(fileName, slideIndex, slideType, alignmentType, alignToSlide, shapeIndices).get();
}

Perl

use AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration;
use AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi;

my $config = AsposeSlidesCloud::Configuration->new();
$config->{app_sid} = "MyClientId";
$config->{app_key} = "MyClientSecret";

my $slides_api = AsposeSlidesCloud::SlidesApi->new(config => $config);

my $file_name = "MyPresentation.pptx";
my $slide_index = 1;
my $slide_type = "MasterSlide";
my $alignment_type = "AlignBottom";
my $align_to_slide = "True";
my $shape_indices = [1, 3];

my %parameters = (name => $file_name, slide_index => $slide_index, slide_type => $slide_type, alignment_type => $alignment_type, align_to_slide => $align_to_slide, shapes => $shape_indices);
$slides_api->align_special_slide_shapes(%parameters);

Swift

The result:

Screenshot of the Master slide.

SDKs

Check Available SDKs to learn how to add an SDK to your project.

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