Unable to insert EMF into Word using Python

Question

I have a requirement for inserting SVG file into Word. Since, we cannot do this directly I am planning to convert SVG to EMF and insert it. Conversion from SVG to EMF works fine using the inkscape. However, I am unable to come up with right code for inserting it into Word. I followed the steps explained the the person Alvaro in this post. Have shown the steps followed in the attached file -

This is my code -

However, when I run the code shown in the attachment - It still throws docx.image.exceptions.UnrecognizedImageError. The Contributor of the library on github claims that this library addresses this issue. If so then please let me know if I am missing anything.

I am able to insert the EMF file successfully manually. Attaching the doc by inserting the EMF. This EMF was downloaded from the internet for testing.

Answer 1

Here is another solution based on win32com module and MS Word API:

from pathlib import Path
import win32com.client

cur_dir  = Path.cwd()                                   # get current folder
pictures = list((cur_dir / "pictures").glob("*.emf"))   # get a list of pictures
word_app = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application") # run Word
doc      = word_app.Documents.Add()                     # create a new docx file

for pict in pictures:                                   # insert all pictures
    doc.InlineShapes.AddPicture(pict)

doc.SaveAs(str(cur_dir / "pictures.docx"))              # save the docx file
doc.Close()                                             # close docx
word_app.Quit()                                         # close Word

Put your EMF images in subfolder pictures and run this script. After that you get in current folder the file pictures.docx that contains all these EMF images inside.