I have been trying to add a sectional break into my word document using python-docx. I basically want to add a sectional break before every paragraph having style = “heading 1”. I have written the following code. The code goes as follows: 1)get the total number of paragraphs 2)find the index of the paragraph with style = “heading 1” 3)add
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Getting word count of doc/docx files in R
I have a stream of doc/docx documents that I need to get the word count of. The procedure so far is to manually open the document and write down the word count offered by MS Word itself, and I am trying to automate it using R. This is what I tried: Unfortunately, wordCount is NOT what MS Word suggests. For
python-docx returning empty cells when they should be full
I am trying to iterate through all tables in a document and extract the text from them. As an intermediate step I am just trying to print the text to the console. I have looked at other code provided by scanny in similar posts but for some reason it is not giving me my expected output from the document I
Specify border appearance in tables using python-docx
I am going through the tutorial and documentation of python-docx. However, I can’t find any reference to how I can specify and manipulate the border appearance of a table created in a Microsoft Word document. When i use the following code: The resulting docx file shows the 3×3 table with header. Currently there is no black border (inner or outer)
Python – Send item to next page in Word
I am trying to send text to the next page in a .docx file using Python. So far, I have written a some code that will locate a certain word in a .docx file (using python-docx): Now I want to send each occurrence of “Hello” to a new page so that each page in my Word document starts with the
Python & MS Word: Convert .doc to .docx?
I found several questions that were similar to mine, but none of the answers came close to what I need. Specifications: I’m working with Python 3 and do not have MS Word. My programming machine is running OS X and cloud machine is linux/ubuntu too. I’m using python-docx to extract values from a .doc file that is sent to me
Best way to extract text from a Word doc without using COM/automation?
Is there a reasonable way to extract plain text from a Word file that doesn’t depend on COM automation? (This is a a feature for a web app deployed on a non-Windows platform – that’s non-negotiable in this case.) Antiword seems like it might be a reasonable option, but it seems like it might be abandoned. A Python solution would