Set paragraph font in python-docx

Question

I am using python-docx 0.7.6.

I can't seem to be able to figure out how to set font family and size for a certain paragraph.

There is .style property but style="Times New Roman" doesn't work.

Can somebody please point me to an example?

Thanks.

Answer 1

This is how to set the Normal style to font Arial and size 10pt.

from docx.shared import Pt

style = document.styles['Normal']
font = style.font
font.name = 'Arial'
font.size = Pt(10)

And this is how to apply it to a paragraph.

paragraph.style = document.styles['Normal']

Using the current version of python-docx (0.8.5).

Answer 2

After reading through the API documentation I was able to figure out how to create my own style and apply it. You could create a paragraph style object the same way by changing this code to use WD_STYLE_TYPE.PARAGRAPH. Something that took me a minute to figure out was the objects and at what level they are applied so just make sure you understand that clearly. Something I found counter intuitive is that you define the styles properties after its creation.

This is how I created a character level style object.

document = Document(path to word document)

# Creates a character level style Object ("CommentsStyle") then defines its parameters

obj_styles = document.styles
obj_charstyle = obj_styles.add_style('CommentsStyle', WD_STYLE_TYPE.CHARACTER)
obj_font = obj_charstyle.font
obj_font.size = Pt(10)
obj_font.name = 'Times New Roman'

This is how I applied the style to a run.

paragraph.add_run(any string variable, style = 'CommentsStyle').bold = True