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python-docx how to apply different styles to different cells in a table

Working on a table in python-docx. I am trying to apply a different style to the first row of the table vs. the rest of the rows. This would be the Header row. Here's the table:

table2 = doc.add_table(rows=10, cols=3)
heading_cells_table2 = table2.rows[0].cells 
heading_cells_table2[0].text = 'Header 1'
heading_cells_table2[1].text = 'Header 2'
heading_cells_table2[2].text = 'Header 3'

I was hoping I could do something like this:

table2.rows[0].style = table_heading_style

I've tried a bunch of other variations and combinations of .add_run(), .cells, .font, .text, etc. with no luck.

Is it possible to change formatting for individual cells/rows/columns in a table? If so, how is it done?

Thanks for the help.

EDIT

For a specific example of the answer to this problem, here's how I ended up Centering the text in 2 out of 3 columns in a table, thanks to scanny's help.

for column in itertools.islice(table2.columns, 1, 3):
    for cell in column.cells:
        for paragraph in cell.paragraphs:
            paragraph.paragraph_format.alignment = WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.CENTER
Solution

  • A paragraph style can only be applied to a paragraph.

    for paragraph in cell.paragraphs:
    paragraph.style = document.styles['Heading 1']