Locking watermark in word processing document Leave feedback
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To make a watermark harder to remove, you can lock it by setting is_locked and a lock_type on the watermark option (WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions or WordProcessingWatermarkPagesOptions). An optional password is also supported.
from groupdocs.watermark import Watermarker
from groupdocs.watermark.watermarks import TextWatermark, Font, Color
from groupdocs.watermark.options.word_processing import (
WordProcessingLoadOptions, WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions, WordProcessingLockType,
)
def add_locked_watermark():
with Watermarker("./document.docx", WordProcessingLoadOptions()) as watermarker:
watermark = TextWatermark("CONFIDENTIAL", Font("Arial", 19.0))
watermark.foreground_color = Color.red
options = WordProcessingWatermarkSectionOptions()
options.is_locked = True
options.lock_type = WordProcessingLockType.ALLOW_ONLY_FORM_FIELDS
# options.password = "p@ssw0rd" # optional
watermarker.add(watermark, options)
watermarker.save("./output.docx")
if __name__ == "__main__":
add_locked_watermark()
document.docx is the sample file used in this example. Click here to download it.
Binary file (DOCX, 125 KB)
Available WordProcessingLockType values: ALLOW_ONLY_FORM_FIELDS, ALLOW_ONLY_COMMENTS, ALLOW_ONLY_REVISIONS, READ_ONLY, READ_ONLY_WITH_EDITABLE_CONTENT, and NO_LOCK.
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