How can I stop python-docx from inserting a carriage return before my cell text
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I want a paragraph inside a cell, but I get a stray carriage return which pushes down the text by one line:
My code:
from docx import Document
from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH
from docx.shared import Cm
document = Document()
document.add_heading("The Heading", 1).alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER
table = document.add_table(rows=0, cols=2)
table.style = 'Table Grid'
for i in range(3):
row_cells = table.add_row().cells
row_cells[0].text = 'row {}, col 1'.format(i)
row_cells[0].width = Cm(3)
row_cells[1].width = Cm(8)
p = row_cells[1].add_paragraph()
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
document.save('test.docx')
How can I get the cell text to align at the top of the cell without the stray CR? And how should I be setting the cell widths to 3 cm and 8 cm: setting _Cell.width isn't respected.
python-3.x ms-word python-docx
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
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I want a paragraph inside a cell, but I get a stray carriage return which pushes down the text by one line:
My code:
from docx import Document
from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH
from docx.shared import Cm
document = Document()
document.add_heading("The Heading", 1).alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER
table = document.add_table(rows=0, cols=2)
table.style = 'Table Grid'
for i in range(3):
row_cells = table.add_row().cells
row_cells[0].text = 'row {}, col 1'.format(i)
row_cells[0].width = Cm(3)
row_cells[1].width = Cm(8)
p = row_cells[1].add_paragraph()
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
document.save('test.docx')
How can I get the cell text to align at the top of the cell without the stray CR? And how should I be setting the cell widths to 3 cm and 8 cm: setting _Cell.width isn't respected.
python-3.x ms-word python-docx
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
15.3k43672
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I want a paragraph inside a cell, but I get a stray carriage return which pushes down the text by one line:
My code:
from docx import Document
from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH
from docx.shared import Cm
document = Document()
document.add_heading("The Heading", 1).alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER
table = document.add_table(rows=0, cols=2)
table.style = 'Table Grid'
for i in range(3):
row_cells = table.add_row().cells
row_cells[0].text = 'row {}, col 1'.format(i)
row_cells[0].width = Cm(3)
row_cells[1].width = Cm(8)
p = row_cells[1].add_paragraph()
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
document.save('test.docx')
How can I get the cell text to align at the top of the cell without the stray CR? And how should I be setting the cell widths to 3 cm and 8 cm: setting _Cell.width isn't respected.
python-3.x ms-word python-docx
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
15.3k43672
I want a paragraph inside a cell, but I get a stray carriage return which pushes down the text by one line:
My code:
from docx import Document
from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH
from docx.shared import Cm
document = Document()
document.add_heading("The Heading", 1).alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER
table = document.add_table(rows=0, cols=2)
table.style = 'Table Grid'
for i in range(3):
row_cells = table.add_row().cells
row_cells[0].text = 'row {}, col 1'.format(i)
row_cells[0].width = Cm(3)
row_cells[1].width = Cm(8)
p = row_cells[1].add_paragraph()
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
document.save('test.docx')
How can I get the cell text to align at the top of the cell without the stray CR? And how should I be setting the cell widths to 3 cm and 8 cm: setting _Cell.width isn't respected.
python-3.x ms-word python-docx
python-3.x ms-word python-docx
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
15.3k43672
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
15.3k43672
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
15.3k43672
asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
xnx
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asked Nov 12 '18 at 16:28
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I worked this out: you get a free paragraph with each cell, so I just needed to add my text runs to this paragraph:
p = row_cells[1].paragraphs[0]
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
To set the widths, I had to manipulate the columns directly and not set them cell-by-cell (despite this answer):
table.columns[0].width = Cm(3)
table.columns[1].width = Cm(8)
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
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The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal callcell._element.clear_content()which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.
– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use theclearfunction instead and found it wasn't working.
– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
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I worked this out: you get a free paragraph with each cell, so I just needed to add my text runs to this paragraph:
p = row_cells[1].paragraphs[0]
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
To set the widths, I had to manipulate the columns directly and not set them cell-by-cell (despite this answer):
table.columns[0].width = Cm(3)
table.columns[1].width = Cm(8)
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
1
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal callcell._element.clear_content()which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.
– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use theclearfunction instead and found it wasn't working.
– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
add a comment |
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I worked this out: you get a free paragraph with each cell, so I just needed to add my text runs to this paragraph:
p = row_cells[1].paragraphs[0]
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
To set the widths, I had to manipulate the columns directly and not set them cell-by-cell (despite this answer):
table.columns[0].width = Cm(3)
table.columns[1].width = Cm(8)
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
1
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal callcell._element.clear_content()which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.
– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use theclearfunction instead and found it wasn't working.
– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
add a comment |
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I worked this out: you get a free paragraph with each cell, so I just needed to add my text runs to this paragraph:
p = row_cells[1].paragraphs[0]
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
To set the widths, I had to manipulate the columns directly and not set them cell-by-cell (despite this answer):
table.columns[0].width = Cm(3)
table.columns[1].width = Cm(8)
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
I worked this out: you get a free paragraph with each cell, so I just needed to add my text runs to this paragraph:
p = row_cells[1].paragraphs[0]
p.add_run('This is an example of')
p.add_run(' some text').bold = True
p.add_run(' in a table cell.')
To set the widths, I had to manipulate the columns directly and not set them cell-by-cell (despite this answer):
table.columns[0].width = Cm(3)
table.columns[1].width = Cm(8)
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
answered Nov 12 '18 at 17:09
xnx
15.3k43672
15.3k43672
1
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal callcell._element.clear_content()which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.
– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use theclearfunction instead and found it wasn't working.
– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
add a comment |
1
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal callcell._element.clear_content()which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.
– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use theclearfunction instead and found it wasn't working.
– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
1
1
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal call
cell._element.clear_content() which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
The WordprocessingML ISO spec requires a minimum of one paragraph inside each table cell. This makes some sense from a Word UI perspective as there wouldn't be any place to put your insertion point in the cell otherwise. But it does unfortunately make the code to add cell content special-case for the first paragraph. There's an internal call
cell._element.clear_content() which can help. This removes any existing content (including default empty paragraph) and then adding multiple paragraphs is uniform. Note it leaves cell in invalid state if no content is added after.– scanny
Nov 14 '18 at 18:48
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use the
clear function instead and found it wasn't working.– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
Thank you for this clarification: I was trying to use the
clear function instead and found it wasn't working.– xnx
Nov 15 '18 at 14:28
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