Working with Group Shape in Word Documents

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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:

# For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-words/Aspose.Words-for-Python-via-.NET
doc = aw.Document()
doc.ensure_minimum()
groupShape = aw.drawing.GroupShape(doc)
accentBorderShape = aw.drawing.Shape(doc, aw.drawing.ShapeType.ACCENT_BORDER_CALLOUT1)
accentBorderShape.width = 100
accentBorderShape.height = 100
groupShape.append_child(accentBorderShape)
actionButtonShape = aw.drawing.Shape(doc, aw.drawing.ShapeType.ACTION_BUTTON_BEGINNING)
actionButtonShape.left = 100
actionButtonShape.width = 100
actionButtonShape.height = 200
groupShape.append_child(actionButtonShape)
groupShape.width = 200
groupShape.height = 200
groupShape.coord_size = drawing.Size(200, 200)
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
builder.insert_node(groupShape)
doc.save(docs_base.artifacts_dir + "WorkingWithShapes.add_group_shape.docx")
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