In Word, each paragraph should convey a unique idea or point, helping to organize information in a way that is easy for readers to understand. Inserting new paragraphs allows you to introduce new concepts or expand on different aspects of a topic, making the text clearer. In this article, you will learn how to insert a new paragraph in Word in Python using Spire.Doc for Python.
- Add a Paragraph at the End of a Word Document in Python
- Insert a Paragraph at a Specified Location in Word in Python
Install Spire.Doc for Python
This scenario requires Spire.Doc for Python and plum-dispatch v1.7.4. They can be easily installed in your Windows through the following pip commands.
pip install Spire.Doc
If you are unsure how to install, please refer to this tutorial: How to Install Spire.Doc for Python on Windows
Add a Paragraph at the End of a Word Document in Python
To add a new paragraph at the end, you need to get the last section of the Word document through the Document.LastSection property, and then add a paragraph at the end of the section through the Section.AddParagraph() method. The following are the detailed steps:
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get the last section of the document using Document.LastSection property.
- Add a paragraph at the end of the section using Section.AddParagraph() method, and then add text to it using Paragraph.AppendText() method.
- Create a ParagraphStyle object and set the font name, size, style of the paragraph text.
- Apply the paragraph style using Paragraph.ApplyStyle() method
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *
# Create a Document object
doc = Document()
# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile("Test.docx")
# Get the first section
section = doc.LastSection
# Add a paragraph at the end and set its text content
para = section.AddParagraph()
para.AppendText("Add a paragraph to the end of the document.")
# Set the paragraph style
style = ParagraphStyle(doc)
style.Name = "Style1"
style.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman"
style.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 12
style.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.get_Blue()
style.CharacterFormat.Bold= True
doc.Styles.Add(style)
para.ApplyStyle("Style1")
para.Format.BeforeSpacing = 10
# Save the result file
doc.SaveToFile("AddParagraph.docx", FileFormat.Docx2016)
doc.Close()
Insert a Paragraph at a Specified Location in Word in Python
You can also add a paragraph and then insert it to a specified position in Word through the Section.Paragraphs.Insert(index: int, paragraph: IParagraph) method. The following are the detailed steps:
- Create a Document instance.
- Load a Word document using Document.LoadFromFile() method.
- Get a specified section using Document.Sections[] property.
- Add a paragraph using Section.AddParagraph() method, and then add text to it using Paragraph.AppendText() method.
- Set the font name, size, style of the paragraph text.
- Insert the newly added paragraph at a specified index using Section.Paragraphs.Insert(index: int, paragraph: IParagraph) method.
- Save the result document using Document.SaveToFile() method.
- Python
from spire.doc import *
from spire.doc.common import *
# Create a Document object
doc = Document()
# Load a Word document
doc.LoadFromFile("Test.docx")
# Get the first section
section = doc.Sections[0]
# Add a paragraph and set its text content
para = section.AddParagraph()
textRange = para.AppendText("Insert a paragraph at a specified location in the Word document.")
# Set the font name, size, color and style
textRange.CharacterFormat.TextColor = Color.get_Blue()
textRange.CharacterFormat.FontName = "Times New Roman"
textRange.CharacterFormat.FontSize = 14
textRange.CharacterFormat.UnderlineStyle = UnderlineStyle.Single
# Insert the paragraph as the third paragraph
section.Paragraphs.Insert(2, para)
# Set spacing after the paragraph
para.Format.AfterSpacing = 10
# Save the result file
doc.SaveToFile("InsertParagraph.docx", FileFormat.Docx2016)
doc.Close()
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