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Sp_V
Sp_V

Reputation: 43

How to configure header's (and footer's) "Header from Top" value when using Python's docx library?

I am trying to create from scratch a docx file report, so I am using the python-docx library ver 0.8.10, with great results. When I am adding a header to the document, the header has the default values of "Header from Top:" = 0.5 Inches. I see this value when I have created the docx file and opened it in MS WORD.

So, how can I configure the "Header from Top" and the "Footer from Bottom" default values? For example How can I configure the header to be "Header from Top" = 0.1 inches? Something like header.top_margins = Inches(0.1). I have checked online but haven't found anything related.

Thanks in advance

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1436

Answers (1)

scanny
scanny

Reputation: 29031

I think you're looking for Section.header_distance and .footer_distance:
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/section.html#docx.section.Section.header_distance

header_distance
Length object representing the distance from the top edge of the page to the top edge of the header. None if no setting is present in the XML.

Upvotes: 3

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