layout_options property

Document.layout_options property

Gets a LayoutOptions object that represents options to control the layout process of this document.

@property
def layout_options(self) -> aspose.words.layout.LayoutOptions:
    ...

Examples

Shows how to hide text in a rendered output document.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Insert hidden text, then specify whether we wish to omit it from a rendered document.
builder.writeln('This text is not hidden.')
builder.font.hidden = True
builder.writeln('This text is hidden.')
doc.layout_options.show_hidden_text = show_hidden_text
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Document.layout_options_hidden_text.pdf')

Shows how to show paragraph marks in a rendered output document.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Add some paragraphs, then enable paragraph marks to show the ends of paragraphs
# with a pilcrow (¶) symbol when we render the document.
builder.writeln('Hello world!')
builder.writeln('Hello again!')
doc.layout_options.show_paragraph_marks = show_paragraph_marks
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Document.layout_options_paragraph_marks.pdf')

Shows how to alter the appearance of revisions in a rendered output document.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Insert a revision, then change the color of all revisions to green.
builder.writeln('This is not a revision.')
doc.start_track_revisions('John Doe', datetime.now())
builder.writeln('This is a revision.')
doc.stop_track_revisions()
builder.writeln('This is not a revision.')
# Remove the bar that appears to the left of every revised line.
doc.layout_options.revision_options.inserted_text_color = aw.layout.RevisionColor.BRIGHT_GREEN
doc.layout_options.revision_options.show_revision_bars = False
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Document.layout_options_revisions.pdf')

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