Input Special characters to PPTX using docx4j

Question

I got a special character from ASCII value and created a presentation by inputting that character using docx4j library. If I want to print "£" mark it print with "£". Is there a special way to input special characters to the PPT. I used following code. String iChar = new Character((char)163).toString(); t.setTextContent(iChar);

Answer 1

Please unzip your pptx, and have a look at the content of the slide. It should contain something like:

<a:t>£</a:t>

You can create a p containing that with:

// Create object for p
CTTextParagraph textparagraph = dmlObjectFactory.createCTTextParagraph(); 
textbody.getP().add( textparagraph); 
    // Create object for r
    CTRegularTextRun regulartextrun = dmlObjectFactory.createCTRegularTextRun(); 
    textparagraph.getEGTextRun().add( regulartextrun); 
        regulartextrun.setT( "£"); 

or by unmarshalling a string. In either case, you can just provide the £ char directly.

You can generate suitable code using the docx4j webapp at http://webapp.docx4java.org/