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Microsoft Word documents can be divided into multiple sections, and headers and footers are associated with those sections. Open the document with WordProcessingLoadOptions and pass a Word-specific watermark option to add() to target a particular section or page.
Use WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions and set section_index to place a watermark in a specific section.
from groupdocs.watermark import Watermarker
from groupdocs.watermark.watermarks import TextWatermark, Font, Color
from groupdocs.watermark.common import HorizontalAlignment, VerticalAlignment
from groupdocs.watermark.options.word_processing import (
WordProcessingLoadOptions, WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions,
)
def add_watermark_to_section():
with Watermarker("./document.docx", WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as watermarker:
watermark = TextWatermark("CONFIDENTIAL", Font("Arial", 36.0))
watermark.foreground_color = Color.red
watermark.horizontal_alignment = HorizontalAlignment.CENTER
watermark.vertical_alignment = VerticalAlignment.CENTER
watermark.rotate_angle = 45.0
options = WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions()
options.section_index = 0
watermarker.add(watermark, options)
watermarker.save("./output.docx")
if __name__ == "__main__":
add_watermark_to_section()
document.docx is the sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
Binary file (DOCX, 13 KB)
To watermark only specific pages, use WordProcessingWatermarkPagesOptions and set page_numbers.
Watermarker.get_content() returns a WordProcessingContent that exposes the document’s sections, their shapes, and their headers and footers. For example, to add a watermark to every image inside the first section:
from groupdocs.watermark import Watermarker
from groupdocs.watermark.watermarks import TextWatermark, Font
from groupdocs.watermark.options.word_processing import WordProcessingLoadOptions
with Watermarker("./document.docx", WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as watermarker:
watermark = TextWatermark("Protected image", Font("Arial", 8.0))
content = watermarker.get_content()
for image in content.sections[0].find_images():
image.add(watermark)
watermarker.save("./output.docx")
For the full set of Word content operations — shape effects, locking, protection, and working with existing shapes and headers/footers — see the dedicated topics:
- Watermarks in word processing document
- Existing objects in word processing document
- Locking watermark in word processing document
- Protecting word processing documents
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