docxbuilder 1.0.1

Sphinx docx builder extension

Docxbuilder is a Sphinx extension to build docx formatted documents.

Note

This extension is developed based on sphinx-docxbuilder. Though, there is no compatibility between these extensions.

Requirements

Python:

2.7, 3.5 or latter

Sphinx:

1.7.6 or later

Install

Use pip:

pip install docxbuilder

Usage

Add ‘docxbuilder’ to extensions configuration of conf.py:

extensions = ['docxbuilder']

and build your documents:

make docx

Configuration

variable	meaning	default
docx_documents	This determines how to group the document tree by a list of tuples, like latex_documents. The tuple is root document file, generated docx file name, document properties, and toctree_only flag.	The root file, docx name, and properties are generated based on other configurations. toctree_only is False.
docx_style	A path to a style file. If this value is an empty string, default style file is used.	''. Use default style.
docx_coverpage	If this value is true, the coverpage of the style file is inserted to generated documents.	True
docx_pagebreak_before_section	Specify a section level. Before each sections which level is larger than or equal to this option value, a page break is inserted.	0. No page break is inserted.
docx_pagebreak_after_table_of_contents	Specify a section level. After each table of contents which appears in section level larger than or equal to this option value, a page break is inserted.	0. Page break is inserted only before first section.
docx_table_options	Table arrangement option. Specify a dictionary with bellow keys. landscape_columns Tables with the number of columns equal to or larger than this option value, are arranged on landscape pages. in_single_page If this value is true, each table is arranged in single page as possible. row_splittable If this value is false, each table row shall not be arranged across multiple pages. header_in_all_page If this value is true and a table is arranged across multiple pages, the header is displayed in the each pages.	landscape_columns: 0 in_single_page: False row_splittable: True header_in_all_page: False

The below code is a configuration example:

docx_documents = [
    (master_doc, 'docxbuilder.docx', {
         'title': project,
         'creator': author,
         'subject': 'A manual of docxbuilder',
     }, True),
]
docx_style = 'path/to/custom_style.docx'
docx_pagebreak_before_section = 1
docx_pagebreak_after_table_of_contents = 0
docx_table_options = {
        'landscape_columns': 6,
        'in_single_page': False,
        'row_splittable': True,
        'header_in_all_page': False,
}

Style file

Generated docx file’s design is customized by a style file (The default style is docxbuilder/docx/style.docx). The style file is a docx file, which defines some paragraph, character, and table styles.

The below lists shows typical styles.

Character styles:

• Emphasis

• Strong

• Literal

• Hyperlink

• Footnote Reference

Paragraph styles:

• Body Text

• Footnote Text

• Definition Term

• Literal Block

• Image Caption, Table Caution, Literal Caption

• Heading 1, Heading 2, …, Heading N

• TOC Heading

• toc 1, toc 2, …, toc N

• List Bullet

• List Number

Table styles:

• Table

• Field List

• Admonition Note

TODO

• Support math role and directive.

• Support tabular_col_spec directive.

• Support URL path for images.

Licence

MIT Licence