Protect Word Documents using Python

readme.md

Learn how to protect Word documents using Python: https://blog.aspose.com/2021/11/15/protect-word-documents-using-python/

protect-word-document.py

import aspose.words as aw

# load document
doc = aw.Document("document1.docx")

# create document options
options = aw.saving.OoxmlSaveOptions(aw.SaveFormat.DOCX)

# set password
options.password = "password"

# save updated document
doc.save("document-password-protected.docx", options)

readonly-word-document.py

import aspose.words as aw

# load document
doc = aw.Document("document1.docx")

# apply document protection
doc.protect(aw.ProtectionType.READ_ONLY, "password")

# save updated document
doc.save("document-protected.docx")