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unhaten
unhaten

Reputation: 41

Changing margin formatting in python-docx

I am trying to make multiple margins using Python's python-docx module.

from docx import Document
from docx.enum.style import WD_STYLE_TYPE
from docx.shared import Mm, Pt
from docx.enum.text import WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT

worddoc = Document()

section = worddoc.sections[0]
section.page_height = Mm(297)
section.page_width = Mm(210)

section.left_margin = Mm(30.4)
section.right_margin = Mm(14.4)
section.top_margin = Mm(18.4)
section.bottom_margin = Mm(9.4)


paragraph = worddoc.add_paragraph('Left Indent Test')

paragraph.style = worddoc.styles.add_style('Style1', WD_STYLE_TYPE.PARAGRAPH)

p2 = worddoc.add_paragraph('another margin')

p2.style = worddoc.styles.add_style('Style2', WD_STYLE_TYPE.PARAGRAPH)



font = p2.style.font
font.name = 'Times New Roman'
font.size = Pt(19)
file_format = p2.paragraph_format
file_format.space_before = Pt(0)
file_format.space_after = Pt(0)


sect = worddoc.sections[0]
sect.left_margin = Mm(110.4)
sect.right_margin = Mm(14.4)

# flux = worddoc.add_paragraph('normal text with default margin')

worddoc.save('left_indent.docx')

The problem is I can't add new margin and program uses only last margin I wrote. How to make unique margin only for one paragraph?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2507

Answers (1)

scanny
scanny

Reputation: 28883

margin applies to a section, which in general is a sequence of block items (paragraphs and/or tables) that share certain page formatting, like headers, footers, and margins.

I think what you're looking for is indent, which applies to an individual paragraph. The setting for that is: Paragraph.paragraph_format.left_indent and it's companions for right-side indent and distinct first-line indent.

from docx import Document
from docx.shared import Mm

document = Document()
paragraph = document.add_paragraph('Left Indent Test')
paragraph.paragraph_format.left_indent = Mm(30.4)
paragraph.paragraph_format.right_indent = Mm(14.4)

These settings are described in the documentation here:
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/text.html#docx.text.parfmt.ParagraphFormat

Upvotes: 2

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