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How can I read/process contents of every cell of a table in a DOCX file?

I am using python 3.2 on windows 7 and PyWin32 to access the MS-Word Document.

I am a beginner so I don't know how to reach to table cells in proper way.

So far I have just done this:

import win32com.client as win32
word = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
word.Visible = False 
doc = word.Documents.Open("MyDocument")

Thanks

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Provide more details please... What have you tried so far? –  ChristopheD Apr 28 '12 at 19:03
    
@ChristopheD, Edited. Hope that is enough now? –  Aashiq Hussain Apr 29 '12 at 1:23

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Here is what works for me in Python 2.7:

import win32com.client as win32
word = win32.Dispatch("Word.Application")
word.Visible = 0
word.Documents.Open("MyDocument")
doc = word.ActiveDocument

To see how many tables your document has:

doc.Tables.Count

Then, you can select the table you want by its index. Note that, unlike python, COM indexing starts at 1:

table = doc.Tables(1)

To select a cell:

table.Cell(Row = 1, Column= 1)

To get its content:

table.Cell(Row =1, Column =1).Range.Text

Hope that this helps.

EDIT:

An example of a function that returns Column index based on its heading:

def Column_index(header_text):
for i in range(1 , table.Columns.Count+1):
    if table.Cell(Row = 1,Column = i).Range.Text == header_text:
        return i

then you can access the cell you want this way for example:

table.Cell(Row =1, Column = Column_index("The Column Header") ).Range.Text
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Thank You Very Much That Worked For Me. I Have One More Question, Is There A Way To Access A Table Cell By Its Column Heading And Row No. ? Thanks Again :) –  Aashiq Hussain Apr 30 '12 at 10:07
    
I think Column Headings in Ms Word are regular cells. They should just be the first row of the table. However you can write a function that returns Column index. I'll edit my answer to show you an example. –  YusuMishi Apr 30 '12 at 17:42
    
Thank You very Much For You Help. It Helped. –  Aashiq Hussain May 1 '12 at 9:58
    
This code does not catch the table that could be in the header.. Do you have a solution for this?? I would really appreciate your help, thank you –  Norfeldt May 8 '13 at 13:06
    
Could you pls elaborate! What do you mean by 'catch the table that could be in the header'? –  YusuMishi May 8 '13 at 16:05

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