Working with Group Shape in Word Documents

Sometimes you need to add a group shape into a Word document. Such a group shape consists of multiple shapes.

In Microsoft Word, you can quickly add a group shape using the Group command/button. An individual shape in a group can be moved separately.

In Aspose.Words it is very easy to add a group shape using GroupShape class. Shape is created separately using Shape class and then added in GroupShape object using append_child method.

The following code example shows how to add a group shape into a Word document:

Below are some of the Shape types supported in Aspose.Words. For complete list, please see aspose.words.drawing.ShapeType enumeration

• Rectangle
• RoundRectangle
• Ellipse
• Diamond
• Triangle
• RightTriangle
• Parallelogram
• Trapezoid
• Hexagon
• Octagon