Protecting word processing documents Leave feedback

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You can protect Word documents with a password or remove protection. Supported protection types:

AllowOnlyRevisions
AllowOnlyComments
AllowOnlyFormFields
ReadOnly

Protecting a document

This sample enables document protection with a specified protection type and password.

import groupdocs.watermark as gw
import groupdocs.watermark.contents.wordprocessing as gwc_wp

load_options = gw.WordProcessingLoadOptions()
with gw.Watermarker("document.docx", load_options) as watermarker:
    content = watermarker.get_content(gwc_wp.WordProcessingContent)
    content.protect(gwc_wp.WordProcessingProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "7654321")
    watermarker.save("document.docx")

Unprotecting a document

This sample removes protection from the document so it can be edited freely.

import groupdocs.watermark as gw
import groupdocs.watermark.contents.wordprocessing as gwc_wp

load_options = gw.WordProcessingLoadOptions()
with gw.Watermarker("document.docx", load_options) as watermarker:
    content = watermarker.get_content(gwc_wp.WordProcessingContent)
    content.unprotect()
    watermarker.save("document.docx")

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