Horizontal Alignment
To set the horizontal alignment in the text we will use the .paragraph_format.alignment method. It is used along with WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT to set the alignment of the paragraph. You have to import WD_PARAGRAPH_ALIGNMENT from the docx.enum.text before using it:
from docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH
Syntax: para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.[Alignment]
Parameter:
Alignment: It is used to set the alignment. You can set the alignment to any of the left, Center, right, or fully justified.
Various alignments are described below:
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Sr. No. |
Alignment Name |
Description |
|---|---|---|
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1. |
CENTER |
It sets the alignment to Center. |
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2. |
LEFT |
It sets the alignment to left. |
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3. |
RIGHT |
It sets the alignment to right. |
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4. |
JUSTIFY |
It sets the alignment to justify. |
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5. |
DISTRIBUTE |
It sets the characters in such a way that they fill the entire width of the paragraph. |
Example 1: Adding paragraphs with different Horizontal Alignments.
Python3
# Import docx NOT python-docximport docxfrom docx.enum.text import WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH# Create an instance of a word documentdoc = docx.Document()# Add a Title to the document doc.add_heading('w3wiki', 0)# Adding paragraph with alignment Centerdoc.add_heading('Alignment: Center', 3)para = doc.add_paragraph('w3wiki is a Computer Science portal for geeks.')para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER# Adding paragraph with alignment Leftdoc.add_heading('Alignment: Left', 3)para = doc.add_paragraph('w3wiki is a Computer Science portal for geeks.')para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.LEFT# Adding paragraph with alignment Rightdoc.add_heading('Alignment: Right', 3)para = doc.add_paragraph('w3wiki is a Computer Science portal for geeks.')para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.RIGHT# Adding paragraph with alignment Justifydoc.add_heading('Alignment: Justify', 3)para = doc.add_paragraph('w3wiki is a Computer Science portal for geeks.')para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.JUSTIFY# Adding paragraph with alignment Distributedoc.add_heading('Alignment: Distribute', 3)para = doc.add_paragraph('w3wiki is a Computer Science portal for geeks.')para.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.DISTRIBUTE# Now save the document to a location doc.save('gfg.docx') |
Output:
Paragraph Formatting In Python .docx Module
Prerequisite: Working with .docx module
Word documents contain formatted text wrapped within three object levels. The Lowest level- run objects, middle level- paragraph objects, and highest level- document object. So, we cannot work with these documents using normal text editors. But, we can manipulate these word documents in python using the python-docx module. Pip command to install this module is:
pip install python-docx
Python docx module allows users to manipulate docs by either manipulating the existing one or creating a new empty document and manipulating it. It is a powerful tool as it helps you to manipulate the document to a very large extend.