We have written this tutorial to describe how to add header and footer in Word using Python with the help of a stepwise process and runnable sample code. You will be guided to add different headers and footers on different pages along with the information to customize them. The runnable sample code will provide a complete solution to insert header and footer in Word using Python and save the resultant file as DOCX or DOC without installing any other third-party tool like OpenOffice or MS Word etc.
Steps to Add Header and Footer in Word using Python
- Set the environment to use Aspose.Words for Python via .NET for adding headers
- Create a Word document with the Document class and instantiate a DocumentBuilder object with it
- Set the property to add different first-page header
- Create different types of headers
- Move control to the start of the document
- Add dummy text and page breaks to verify the functionality
- Save the output Word file
These steps explain how to write a program to insert header footer in Word using Python by providing the names of classes and methods which are to be used in a well-defined sequence. First, create a Word file and use it to instantiate DocumentBuilder class object that provides features to set the flag for adding different headers on the first page, moving to the header or footer section for writing text, moving to different sections of the document, writing text in that section and adding page breaks to name a few. Once the header or footer is added, you can also put text or add different fields to add page numbers, and the total number of pages as well.
Code to Insert Header and Footer in MS Word using Python
This code demonstrates how to insert header and footer in Word using Python by using different_first_page_header_footer property to set different header footers for the first page and odd_and_even_pages_header_footer to set different ones for odd and even pages. These properties are effective when you move to the header or footer section using the move_to_header_footer() method with the header footer types defined in the enumerator HeaderFooterType.
This short guide has provided details on how to put header and footer in Word using Python. If you want to learn the process of converting Word to PDF, refer to the article on how to convert Word to PDF using Python.
