How to Insert Picture in Word using Python

This tutorial describes how to insert picture in Word using Python by providing the IDE configuration details, a step-by-step process, and a runnable sample code to test the feature. It identifies all the namespaces, classes, methods, and properties that are required to add image to Word document using Python. You will learn to move around in the loaded Word file and save the resultant Word file in different formats like DOCX, DOC, etc. after adding the image.

Steps to Insert Picture into Word Document using Python

  1. Establish the IDE environment to use Aspose.Words for Python via .NET
  2. Load the source Word file into the Document class object for adding a picture
  3. Instantiate DocumentBuilder class object to insert elements in the document
  4. Move the cursor to the last paragraph in the last section
  5. Insert image at the current location
  6. Save the resultant Word file on the disk

These steps guide how to insert image in word using python with the help of information about the required resources and a list of tasks to be performed to accomplish the task. First, you may load the Word file where the image is to be added, create an instance of DocumentBuilder class object to move in the document and add different items like image, and then save the document in the desired format.

Code to Add Notes to Word Document using Python

This code demonstrates how to insert an image in Word using Python by using the DocumentBuilder class object that supports adding all types of elements into a Word document like cell, break, chart, check box, field, footnote, and OLE objects to name a very few. Similarly, you can insert an image from a file or stream and set the desired properties like height, width, position, and wrap type. The image can be added at any position like moving to a particular node, bookmark, cell, field, header, footer, paragraph, or section by moving with the help of DocumentBuilder.

This article has taught us to insert an image at any place in a Word file. If you want to insert a comment in the Word file, refer to the article on how to insert comment in Word using Python.

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