Python Docx Demo

By Dr. Louay Chebib

 

 

 

https://github.com/Netuser-Py/PythonDocx

Python Docx Demo

• Create or modify MS Word 2007 files from inside Python.
• MS Word does not need to be installed on the local processor.

• Standards: ‘WordML’, ‘Office Open XML’ and ‘Open XML’ by Microsoft.

https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html

Python Docx Demo

Review of MS Word

• MS word tools and structures
  • Styles
  • Paragraphs
  • Tables
  • Templates

Python Docx Demo

Easy to Install

• pip install docx (2.7)
• pip install python_docx (3.x)

Python Docx Demo

Sample Part 1

import docx

Create a blank word file in memory

Add headings

Add Table

Add Table Headings

Add Table Details

Add a page break

Open a Template/Form .docx file that you created in word

Merge  this into doc_work

Save the file from memory

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter13/
https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/python-docx/latest/python-docx.pdf
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Python Docx Demo

Sample Part 2

Use a template word file to create a non standard size page

Open a Template/Form .docx file that you created in word 4 x 6 inch form

list the main paragraph text (not the table text)

Load the paragraphs into a list

overwrite the contents of paragraphs

replace as needed

now look through the tables 0 & 1 and change paragraphs in each table

save doc

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter13/
https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/python-docx/latest/python-docx.pdf
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Python Docx Demo

Sample Part 3

new doc_out document in memory for merge demo

merge work to doc_out

merge doc into doc_out. Note that somehow it follows the layout of the 4 x 6 template

Note: last document merged controls

we just merged doc_work then doc.

what happens if we change the order? try It!

https://automatetheboringstuff.com/chapter13/
https://media.readthedocs.org/pdf/python-docx/latest/python-docx.pdf
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/genindex.html

Python Docx Demo

Bonus pprint Sample

Print a docx file in the background using MS Word from inside Python

 

see: pprint_sample.py

 

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