docxedit

Edit Word documents effortlessly without changing the original formatting.

The original docx library is great but it's missing one important feature: keeping the original formatting.

This is useful if you want to automate document writing or editing and need to adhere to strict formatting rules — a common requirement in professional settings.

Install

pip install docxedit

Dependencies

Included as a dependency: python-docx (docx)

Functionalities

Most of the functions in this module work primarily with runs, which are sequences of strings with the same formatting style. Breaking the document into runs allows us to edit the text without changing the original formatting.

• Replace all occurrences of a string with a new string (optionally limit up to a paragraph number, and include or exclude tables)
• Remove a paragraph or a line (and optionally a number of lines after it)
• Add text to a table cell
• Change the font size of a table
• Show the line where a specific string is found

How to Use

from docx import Document
import docxedit

document = Document('path/to/your/document.docx')

# Replace all instances of 'Hello' with 'Goodbye' (including tables)
docxedit.replace_string(document, old_string='Hello', new_string='Goodbye')

# Replace all instances of 'Hello' with 'Goodbye' but only up to paragraph 10
docxedit.replace_string_up_to_paragraph(document, old_string='Hello', new_string='Goodbye',
                                        paragraph_number=10)

# Show the line where 'Hello' is found
docxedit.show_line(document, current_text='Hello')

# Remove any line that contains 'Hello' along with the next 5 lines after that
docxedit.remove_lines(document, first_line='Hello', number_of_lines=5)

# Remove a specific paragraph
docxedit.remove_paragraph(document.paragraphs[0])

# Add text in a table cell (row 1, column 1) in the first table
docxedit.add_text_in_table(document.tables[0], row_num=1, column_num=1, new_string='Hello')

# Change font size of the first table to 12pt
docxedit.change_table_font_size(document.tables[0], font_size=12)

# Save the document
document.save('path/to/your/edited/document.docx')

Logging

By default, docxedit does not produce any console output. To enable debug logging:

import logging
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG)