Watermark (1)
Watermarks serve as subtle overlays placed on the slides, typically in the form of text or images, which can convey messages, copyright information, company logos, or other visual elements. By incorporating watermarks into your PowerPoint presentations, you can enhance professionalism, reinforce branding, and discourage unauthorized use or distribution of your material. In this article, you will learn how to add text or image watermarks to a PowerPoint document in Python using Spire.Presentation for Python.
Install Spire.Presentation for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Presentation for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip command.
pip install Spire.Presentation
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Presentation for Python on Windows
Add a Text Watermark to PowerPoint in Python
Unlike MS Word, PowerPoint does not have a built-in feature that allows to apply watermarks to each slide. However, you can add a shape with text or an image to mimic the watermark effect. A shape can be added to a slide using the ISlide.Shapes.AppendShape() method, and the text of the shape can be set through the IAutoShape.TextFrame.Text property. To prevent the shape from overlapping the existing content on the slide, you'd better send it to the bottom.
The following are the steps to add a text watermark to a slide using Spire.Presentation for Python.
- Create a Presentation object.
- Load a PowerPoint file using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specific slide through Prentation.Slides[index] property.
- Add a shape to the slide using ISlide.Shapes.AppendShape() method.
- Add text to the shape through IAutoShape.TextFrame.Text property.
- Send the shape to back using IAutoShape.SetShapeArrange() method.
- Save the presentation to a PowerPoint file using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import * from spire.presentation import * # Create a Presentation object presentation = Presentation() # Load a PowerPoint file presentation.LoadFromFile("C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/input.pptx") # Define a rectangle left = (presentation.SlideSize.Size.Width - 350.0) / 2 top = (presentation.SlideSize.Size.Height - 110.0) / 2 rect = RectangleF(left, top, 350.0, 110.0) for i in range(0, presentation.Slides.Count): # Add a rectangle shape to shape = presentation.Slides[i].Shapes.AppendShape( ShapeType.Rectangle, rect) # Set the style of the shape shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.none shape.ShapeStyle.LineColor.Color = Color.get_Transparent() shape.Rotation = -35 shape.Locking.SelectionProtection = True shape.Line.FillType = FillFormatType.none # Add text to the shape shape.TextFrame.Text = "CONFIDENTIAL" textRange = shape.TextFrame.TextRange # Set the style of the text range textRange.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Solid textRange.Fill.SolidColor.Color = Color.FromArgb(120, Color.get_Black().R, Color.get_HotPink().G, Color.get_HotPink().B) textRange.FontHeight = 45 textRange.LatinFont = TextFont("Times New Roman") # Send the shape to back shape.SetShapeArrange(ShapeArrange.SendToBack) # Save to file presentation.SaveToFile("output/TextWatermark.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2010) presentation.Dispose()
Add an Image Watermark to PowerPoint in Python
To add an image watermark, you need first to create a rectangle with the same size as an image. Then fill the shape with this image and place the shape at the center of a slide. To prevent the shape from overlapping the existing content on the slide, you need to send it to the bottom as well. The following are the steps to add an image watermark to a slide using Spire.Presentation for Python.
- Create a Presentation object.
- Load a PowerPoint file using Presentation.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specific slide through Prentation.Slides[index] property.
- Load an image using Presentation.Images.AppendStream() method.
- Add a shape that has the same size with the image to the slide using ISlide.Shapes.AppendShape() method.
- Fill the shape with the image through IAuotShape.Fill.PictureFill.Picture.EmbedImage property.
- Send the shape to back using IAutoShape.SetShapeArrange() method.
- Save the presentation to a PowerPoint file using Presentation.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.presentation.common import * from spire.presentation import * # Create a Presentation object presentation = Presentation() # Load a PowerPoint file presentation.LoadFromFile("C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/input.pptx") # Load an image stream = Stream("C:/Users/Administrator/Desktop/logo.png") image = presentation.Images.AppendStream(stream) stream.Close() # Get width and height of the image width = (float)(image.Width) height = (float)(image.Height) # slideSize = presentation.SlideSize.Size # Loop through the slides in the presentation for i in range(0, presentation.Slides.Count): # Get a specific slide slide = presentation.Slides[i] # Add a shape to slide shape = slide.Shapes.AppendShape(ShapeType.Rectangle, RectangleF((slideSize.Width - width )/2, (slideSize.Height - height)/2, width, height)) # Fill the shape with image shape.Line.FillType = FillFormatType.none shape.Locking.SelectionProtection = True shape.Fill.FillType = FillFormatType.Picture shape.Fill.PictureFill.FillType = PictureFillType.Stretch shape.Fill.PictureFill.Picture.EmbedImage = image # Send the shape to back shape.SetShapeArrange(ShapeArrange.SendToBack) # Save to file presentation.SaveToFile("output/ImageWatermark.pptx", FileFormat.Pptx2013) presentation.Dispose()
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