Reading Table Contet In Header And Footer In MS-Word File Using Python

Question

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How to read contents of an Table in MS-Word file Using Python?

The solution provided by @YusuMishi is great, but it does not catch the headers in the header and footer.

Let me elaborate on that:

Using the code

import win32com.client as win32
import os
word = win32.Dispatch("Word.Application")
word.Visible = 0
p = os.path.abspath("Catch my tables.docx")
word.Documents.Open(p)
doc = word.ActiveDocument
print doc.Tables.Count

I will get 2 printed (Table 1 and Table 2)

How do I go through the information in Table 0 and Table N

Get the document here

Answer 1

Accessing Headers and Footers is a bit tricky. Here is how to do it:

HeaderTable = doc.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.Tables(1)
FooterTable = doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Tables(1)

You can get the table count this way:

HeaderTablesCount = doc.Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.Tables.Count
FooterTablesCount = doc.Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Tables.Count

And get the text from cells this way:

HeaderTable.Cell(1,1).Range.Text
FooterTable.Cell(1,1).Range.Text