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Python + Word: Perform Word tasks using Pydocx

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  • Updated 1/2023
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Course Information

Registration period
Year-round Recruitment
Course Level
Study Mode
Duration
4 Hour(s) 9 Minute(s)
Language
English
Taught by
Guilherme Matos Passarini, phD
Certificate
  • Available
  • *The delivery and distribution of the certificate are subject to the policies and arrangements of the course provider.
Rating
4.3
(14 Ratings)
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Course Overview

Python + Word: Perform Word tasks using Pydocx

Automate and perform several tasks in .docx documents using the pydocx Python library by building projects!

H! This course is designed to provide a comprehensive introduction to the Python-docx library, which allows users to create, modify, and extract information from Microsoft Word documents.

Throughout the course, you will learn how to use the library's various functions and classes to perform a wide range of operations, including creating and modifying tables, adding images and charts, and working with styles and templates. You will also learn how to extract information from documents, such as text, headings, and tables, and how to use this information in your Python scripts.

Overall, this course is suitable for beginner to intermediate Python developers who want to learn how to work with Word documents in Python. It covers a wide range of functionality and will give you a good starting point to build more advance tools and scripts.

By the end of the course, we have a module dedicated to basic aspects of the programming language Python, for those that have a beginner-level knowledge on it or those that want to review some concepts of the language.


Here are some elements featured in the course:

1. How to install the library

2. The basic structure of a Word document

3. How to create a document

4. How to save a document

5. How to set font size and type

6. How to add images to a document

7. How to change and add runs to a document

8. Exercises with their respective solutions

9. A miniproject to sort bibliographic references

10. A miniproject to create multiple versions of a multiple-choice text


Course Content

  • 7 section(s)
  • 61 lecture(s)
  • Section 1 Course introduction
  • Section 2 Pydocx - Learning how to use the main commands and functions of the library
  • Section 3 Miniproject 1 - Sorting bibliographic references
  • Section 4 Miniproject 2 - Shuffling alternatives and questions in a text
  • Section 5 Miniproject 3 - Retrieving citations from an academic text
  • Section 6 Miniprojects 4 and 5 - References and citations match
  • Section 7 Basic Python lectures

What You’ll Learn

  • To learn the basics of the python-docx library
  • To know the basics of programming
  • To add pictures to a document with Python
  • To change the fonts in a document with Python


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    كل شئ جميل سلمت الايادي

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    Donizete Correia
    4.5

    Incomparable learning about the subject with excellent teaching

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    Cristina Montañez Zamora Cardoso
    5.0

    Este conteúdo é muito interessante.

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    Moreno de Souza Rodrigues
    5.0

    A very enjoyalbe course. I strongly recommend it

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