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right both right to left and left to right in python

i wrote a code which write in a text file a String which contains
both a language whose wrote in right to left (like hebrew )and left to right like english
i used unicode code to make it right to left and left to right
u'\u2067' + hebrew + u'\u2069' surrounding the part of the hebrew part but it is not working
after running i see that the printing is good as you can see in the picture
but when i look in the text file , it changed the positions of each fields
and i want that the text file will be the same as the printing
how can i make it the same also in the text file ???

.txt is literally just a plain text editor. There is no formatting on that file. .txt didn't have style formatting like ms word when you saved it, you can load the document with style formatting.
.txt is literally just a plain text editor. You cannot style it like HTML using CSS.

Replace string in paragraph while keeping style docx library

I am replacing the strings in tables and paragraphs of word document. However the styles change. How can I keep original style format?
with open(r"C:\Users\y.Israfilbayov\Desktop\testfiles\test_namedranges\VariableNames.json") as p:
data = json.load(p)
document = Document(r"C:\Users\y.Israfilbayov\Desktop\testfiles\test_namedranges_update\F10352-JB117-FMXXX Pile XXXX As-built Memo GAIA Auto trial_v6.docx")
for key, value in data.items():
for paragraph in document.paragraphs:
if key in paragraph.text:
paragraph.text = paragraph.text.replace(str(key), str(value))
for key, value in data.items():
for table in document.tables:
for row in table.rows:
for cell in row.cells:
for paragraph in cell.paragraphs:
if key in paragraph.text:
paragraph.text = paragraph.text.replace(str(key),str(value))
There was a similar post, however it did not help me (maybe I did something wrong).

This should meet your needs. Requires docx2python 2.0.0+
from docx2python.utilities import replace_docx_text
replace_docx_text(
input_filename,
output_filename,
("Apples", "Bananas"), # replace Apples with Bananas
("Pears", "Apples"), # replace Pears with Apples
("Bananas", "Pears"), # replace Bananas with Pears
html=True,
)
You may have a problem if your replacement strings include tabs or symbols, but "regular" text replacement will work and preserve most[1] formatting.
To allow this, docx2python will not replace text strings where formatting changes, e.g., "part of this string is bold", unless you specify html=False, in which case strings will be replaced regardless of format, and some formatting will be lost.
[1] The following will be preserved:
italic
bold
underline
strike
superscript
subscript
small caps
all caps
highlighted
font size
colored text
(some others, but not guaranteed)
Edit for follow-up question, how do I replace marker text in tables?
My workflow for doing this is to keep all formatting in Word. That is, I create a template in Word, slice out the context I need, then put everything back together like a puzzle.
This github "project" is an example (one file) of how I replace text in tables (where the tables can be any size).
https://github.com/ShayHill/replace_docx_tables

#property
def text(self):
"""
String formed by concatenating the text of each run in the paragraph.
Tabs and line breaks in the XML are mapped to ``\\t`` and ``\\n``
characters respectively.
Assigning text to this property causes all existing paragraph content
to be replaced with a single run containing the assigned text.
A ``\\t`` character in the text is mapped to a ``<w:tab/>`` element
and each ``\\n`` or ``\\r`` character is mapped to a line break.
Paragraph-level formatting, such as style, is preserved. All
run-level formatting, such as bold or italic, is removed.
"""
text = ''
for run in self.runs:
text += run.text
return text
From the documentation it looks like the Styles should stay the same however; bold/italic formatting can be removed.
If this is the formatting you are trying to preserve, you may need to identify what run the key is in first then modify it.

In the docx library documentation located at
https://python-docx.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/text.html#paragraph-objects, it states the following regarding assigning a value to paragraph.text :
"Assigning text to this property causes all existing paragraph content to be replaced with a single run containing the assigned text. ... Paragraph-level formatting, such as style, is preserved. All run-level formatting, such as bold or italic, is removed. "
Are the changes in style you are observing consistent with that?
If so, then perhaps you are loosing the "run" objects with their specific styling that are children of the paragraph object. In that case, you might be better of adding another level to your loop to iterate through all the paragraph.runs and replace the text on those individually.
For example, once you have the paragraph, then
for run in paragraph.runs:
if key in run.text:
run.text = run.text.replace(str(key), str(value))

How can I add a new paragraph at the end of a word document?

I would like to add a last paragraph after everything in the word doc that I have. I tried using this code, but the text is appended before my last table.
How can I make sure the text is always appended at the very end?
from docx import Document
document = Document('Summary_output.docx')
paragraphs = document.paragraphs
#Store content of second paragraph
text = paragraphs[1].text
#Clear content
paragraphs[1]._p.clear()
#Recreate second paragraph
paragraphs[1].add_run('Appended part ' + text)
document.save("Summary_output.docx")

Short answer: use document.add_paragraph().
new_last_paragraph = document.add_paragraph("Appended part %s" % text)
It's important to understand the distinction in Word between paragraphs and runs. A paragraph is a "block" item (as is a table). A block item fits between the margins, is vertically entirely below the prior block item and entirely above the following block item. Intuitively, it is a full-width block in the stack of full-width blocks appearing in the "column" bounded on each side by the margins.
A run is an inline item, a sequence of characters that all share the same character formatting. A run always appears within a paragraph and in general a paragraph contains multiple runs. Using runs is how you make, for example, a single word bold or a phrase within a paragraph italic or red. Runs are flowed within the paragraph by line-wrapping.
So in your code, you were just extending an existing paragraph (by adding a run) rather than creating a new one, which explains why its position did not change.

Can I change text in MS Word using python-docx, without losing characteristics?

I now have a English word document in MS Word and I want to change its texts into Chinese using python. I've been using Python 3.4 and installed python-docx. Here's my code:
from docx import Document
document = Document(*some MS Word file*)
# I only change the texts of the first two paragraphs
document.paragraphs[0].text = '带有消毒模式的地板清洁机'
document.paragraphs[1].text = '背景'
document.save(*save_file_path*)
The first two lines did turn into Chinese characters, but characteristics like font and bold are all gone:
Is there anyway I could alter text without losing the original characteristics?

It depends on how the characteristics are applied. There is a thing called the style hierarchy, and text characteristics can be applied anywhere from directly to a run of text, a style, or a document default, and levels in-between.
There are two main classes of characteristic: paragraph properties and run properties. Paragraph properties are things like justification, space before and after, etc. Everything having to do with character-level formatting, like size, typeface, color, subscript, italic, bold, etc. is a run property, also loosely known as a font.
So if you want to preserve the font of a run of text, you need to operate at the run level. An operation like this will preserve font formatting:
run.text = "New text"
An operation like this will preserve paragraph formatting, but remove any character level formatting not applied by the paragraph style:
paragraph.text = "New paragraph text"
You'll need to decide for your application whether you modify individual runs (which may be tricky to identify) or whether you work perhaps with distinct paragraphs and apply different styles to each. I recommend the latter. So in your example, "FLOOR CLEANING MACHINE ...", "BACKGROUND", and "[0001]..." would each become distinct paragraphs. In your screenshot they appear as separate runs in a single paragraph, separated by a line break.

You can get the style of the existing paragraphs and apply it to your new paragraphs - beware that the existing paragraphs might specify a font that does not support Chinese.

Checking for particular style using python-docx

from docx import *
document = Document('ABC.docx')
for paragraph in document.paragraphs:
for run in paragraph.runs:
if run.style == 'Strong':
print run.text
This is the code I am using to open a docx file and to check if there is Bold text but I am not getting any result. If I remove the if statement , the entire file is printed without any formatting / styles. Can you please let me know how to identify text in particular style like Bold or Italics using python-docx ?
Thank you

Although bold and the style Strong appear the same when rendered, they use two different mechanisms. The first applies bold directly and the second applies a character style that can include any other number of font characteristics.
To identify all occurrences of text that appears bold, you may need to do both.
But to just find the text having bold applied you would do something like this:
for paragraph in document.paragraphs:
for run in paragraph.runs:
if run.bold:
print run.text
Note there are ways this can miss text that appears bold, like text that appears in a paragraph whose font formatting is bold for the entire paragraph (Heading1 for example). But I think this is the property you were looking for.

To check for a particular style you could use the name property that is available in _ParagraphStyle objects or _CharacterStyle objects
example:
for paragraph in document.paragraphs:
if 'List Paragraph' == paragraph.style.name:
print(paragraph.text)