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Python Docx from Beginner to Winner

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Python Docx from Beginner to Winner

Learn How to Generate Microsoft Word Files

updated on icon Updated on Dec, 2023

language icon Language - English

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architecture icon Python,Development,Data Science

Lectures -13

Resources -13

Duration -2 hours

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Course Description

Welcome to Python Docx from Beginner to Winner!

Here we will learn together how to use python-docx module to generate dynamically docx files! Docx files automation with Python will become to you as easy as pie!

In each session we will replicate a Microsoft docx previously created by hand. 

Together we will explore python-docx API, we will look at its code, we will debug its code and we will improve its code!

It will be fun, bold and memorable!

Also we will take a look at its internal XML code, we will compare with the original one, we will understand how it works and we will change it in our favor! 

After taking the first session you will be already able to:

  • Insert paragraphs;
  • Insert images;
  • Insert tables;
  • Format tables;
  • Align paragraphs and images;
  • Change paragraph font name and size;
  • Use TTF fonts;
  • Change paragraph color;
  • Add/remove bold, italic and underline;
  • Add different styles of underline: single, double line, wave, and more;
  • Create your own paragraph styles;
  • Look at its internal XML code, understand it and change it;
  • Add pagination.

Quite a journey right?

Join with me to this challenge of exploring python-docx module, we have a lot to learn!

Become a winner and start automate your Microsoft Docx files now!

Goals

What will you learn in this course:

  • Create docx files with Python
  • Change the font color and size
  • Change font name, use TTF fonts
  • Insert images and paragraphs
  • Align paragraphs and images
  • Set/Unset bold, italic and underline
  • Set different underline styles: single, dash, dot dot dash
  • Insert tables
  • Change the internal XML data
  • Add page number

Prerequisites

What are the prerequisites for this course?

  • Basic Knowledge about Python;
  • You need Python 3.8.x or later;
  • Visual Studio Code (Recommended);
  • Visual Studio Code "Python from Microsoft" and "Pylance from Microsoft" extensions;
  • Visual Studio Code "XML Tools" extension;
  • 7zip or similar;
  • Eager to learn.
Python Docx from Beginner to Winner

Curriculum

Check out the detailed breakdown of what’s inside the course

Koala Document
13 Lectures
  • play icon Introduction + Requirements [Part 0 of 35] 09:01 09:01
  • play icon Hello World Python Docx [Part 1 of 35] 13:30 13:30
  • play icon Define Document Creation Skeleton [Part 2 of 35] 07:36 07:36
  • play icon Add Title Heading [Part 3 of 35] 05:44 05:44
  • play icon Title Font Name [Part 4 of 35] 10:17 10:17
  • play icon Title Font Size [Part 5 of 35] 17:59 17:59
  • play icon Title Remove Bold [Part 6 of 35] 12:09 12:09
  • play icon Title Font Color [Part 7 of 35] 09:23 09:23
  • play icon Title Align Center [Part 8 of 35] 06:38 06:38
  • play icon Page Size [Part 9 of 35] 11:12 11:12
  • play icon Page Margins [Part 10 of 35] 07:45 07:45
  • play icon Header and Footer Distance [Part 11 of 35] 07:08 07:08
  • play icon Paragraph Spacing - Before/After [Part 12 of 35] 05:51 05:51

Instructor Details

Hugo Ferro

Hugo Ferro

Hello my name is Hugo, I'm a software/hardware engineer, I'm from Portugal and I like to teach online other people, I have a youtube channel with more then 14000 subscribers where I do just that! I have videos about Python, C#, Java, JavaScript, Kotlin, Groovy, and more.

In the past I worked for several companies as a software engineer, mainly working with C#. I was in telecommunications area were I used Java, also made ecommerce websites with C# and ASP.NET MVC, I was in transportation area where I worked with smart cards using C# and pure C, and more.

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