Python - Working with .docx module

Word documents contain formatted text wrapped within three object levels. Lowest level- Run objects, Middle level- Paragraph objects and Highest level- Document object.

So, we cannot work with these documents using normal text editors. But we can manipulate these word documents in python using the python-docx module.

• The first step is to install this third-party module python-docx. You can use pip “pip install python-docx”
• After installation import “docx” NOT “python-docx”.
• Use “docx.Document” class to start working with the word document.

Example

# import docx NOT python-docx import docx # create an instance of a word document doc = docx.Document() # add a heading of level 0 (largest heading) doc.add_heading('Heading for the document', 0) # add a paragraph and store # the object in a variable doc_para = doc.add_paragraph('Your paragraph goes here, ') # add a run i.e, style like # bold, italic, underline, etc. doc_para.add_run('hey there, bold here').bold = True doc_para.add_run(', and ') doc_para.add_run('these words are italic').italic = True # add a page break to start a new page doc.add_page_break() # add a heading of level 2 doc.add_heading('Heading level 2', 2) # pictures can also be added to our word document # width is optional doc.add_picture('path_to_picture') # now save the document to a location doc.save('path_to_document')