# Document Formatting Showcase Exercises the docx `document` property surface — the document-level settings that have no per-paragraph or per-run equivalent. Three files work together: - **document-formatting.py** — builds the doc via the **officecli Python SDK**. - **document-formatting.docx** — the generated document. - **document-formatting.md** — this file. ## The `document` container `document` is a read-only container addressed at path `/` — you never `add` or `remove` it, only `set`/`get` its properties: ```bash officecli set file.docx / --prop author="Jane" --prop title="Q3 Report" officecli get file.docx / # read the whole property bag back ``` Built on the [`officecli-sdk`](../../sdk/python) (one resident, writes shipped over the pipe); falls back to the in-repo SDK copy when the package isn't pip-installed. ## Regenerate ```bash cd examples/word pip install officecli-sdk python3 document-formatting.py # → document-formatting.docx ``` ## Property groups ### 1. Metadata (core + extended properties) ```bash officecli set file.docx / --prop author="Jane Author" --prop title="Q3 Field Report" \ --prop subject=Finance --prop keywords="report,q3,finance" \ --prop description="Quarterly field summary." --prop lastModifiedBy=Editorial officecli set file.docx / --prop extended.company="Acme Corp" \ --prop extended.manager="Dana Lead" --prop extended.template="Normal.dotm" ``` `author` ↔ `creator` (alias). A few keys are read-only metadata (`category`, `revisionNumber`, …) and only surface on `get`. ### 2. Page setup ```bash officecli set file.docx / --prop pageWidth=21cm --prop pageHeight=29.7cm \ --prop orientation=portrait \ --prop marginTop=2.54cm --prop marginBottom=2.54cm \ --prop marginLeft=3.18cm --prop marginRight=3.18cm \ --prop marginHeader=1.5cm --prop marginFooter=1.75cm officecli set file.docx / --prop mirrorMargins=true --prop gutterAtTop=false \ --prop bookFoldPrinting=false ``` Lengths accept `cm`/`in`/`pt` or bare twips. `orientation=landscape` swaps width/height. These write the document's section properties (`sectPr`). > The bare `sectPr=present` toggle is intentionally **not** demonstrated: it's an > internal dump→batch round-trip marker (forces an empty `` to survive > a rebuild), `get`-invisible and single-valued, never an interactive edit. Like a > table's auto-assigned `id`, it's settable only for fidelity — the page-setup > props above are how you actually shape a section. ### 3. docDefaults — document-wide run/paragraph defaults The defaults an unstyled paragraph inherits. In the generated file the body paragraphs carry **no** run formatting, so they render in `Georgia 12pt` slate — straight from here, not from the runs: ```bash officecli set file.docx / \ --prop docDefaults.font=Georgia --prop docDefaults.font.eastAsia=SimSun \ --prop docDefaults.fontSize=12 --prop docDefaults.color=2F3640 \ --prop docDefaults.alignment=left \ --prop docDefaults.spaceAfter=8pt --prop docDefaults.lineSpacing=1.15x ``` Also: `docDefaults.bold`, `docDefaults.italic`, `docDefaults.rtl`, `docDefaults.font.hAnsi`, `docDefaults.font.complexScript`, `docDefaults.spaceBefore`. ### 4. Theme — palette accents and major/minor fonts Remapping the theme shifts every element that references it (styles, charts, shapes) by reference, not by value: ```bash officecli set file.docx / \ --prop theme.color.accent1=1F6FEB --prop theme.color.accent2=E3572A \ --prop theme.color.accent3=2DA44E --prop theme.color.hlink=0969DA officecli set file.docx / \ --prop theme.font.major.latin=Georgia --prop theme.font.minor.latin=Calibri \ --prop theme.font.major.eastAsia=SimHei --prop theme.font.minor.eastAsia=SimSun ``` Full palette keys: `accent1..6`, `dk1`/`dk2`, `lt1`/`lt2`, `hlink`/`folHlink`. ### 5. CJK grid & spacing ```bash officecli set file.docx / \ --prop docGrid.type=lines --prop docGrid.linePitch=312 \ --prop charSpacingControl=compressPunctuation \ --prop autoSpaceDE=true --prop autoSpaceDN=true \ --prop kinsoku=true --prop overflowPunct=true ``` `docGrid.charSpace` sets the character grid pitch for `docGrid.type=linesAndChars`. ### 6. Font embedding ```bash officecli set file.docx / --prop embedFonts=true --prop embedSystemFonts=false \ --prop saveSubsetFonts=true ``` ### 7. Display / print / privacy ```bash officecli set file.docx / \ --prop evenAndOddHeaders=true --prop autoHyphenation=false \ --prop defaultTabStop=720 --prop displayBackgroundShape=true \ --prop removePersonalInformation=false --prop removeDateAndTime=false \ --prop printFormsData=false ``` ## Complete feature coverage | Group | Keys | Visible in render? | |---|---|---| | Metadata | `author`, `title`, `subject`, `keywords`, `description`, `lastModifiedBy`, `extended.company/manager/template` | No (file properties) | | Page setup | `pageWidth`, `pageHeight`, `orientation`, `marginTop/Bottom/Left/Right/Header/Footer/Gutter`, `mirrorMargins`, `gutterAtTop`, `bookFoldPrinting` | Yes (geometry) | | docDefaults | `docDefaults.font[.eastAsia/hAnsi/complexScript]`, `.fontSize`, `.color`, `.bold/.italic/.rtl`, `.alignment`, `.spaceBefore/.spaceAfter`, `.lineSpacing` | Yes (unstyled text) | | Theme | `theme.color.accent1..6/dk1/dk2/lt1/lt2/hlink/folHlink`, `theme.font.major/minor.latin/eastAsia` | Yes (themed elements) | | CJK grid | `docGrid.type/linePitch/charSpace`, `charSpacingControl`, `autoSpaceDE/DN`, `kinsoku`, `overflowPunct` | Yes (CJK layout) | | Fonts | `embedFonts`, `embedSystemFonts`, `saveSubsetFonts` | No (portability) | | Display/privacy | `evenAndOddHeaders`, `autoHyphenation`, `defaultTabStop`, `displayBackgroundShape`, `removePersonalInformation`, `removeDateAndTime`, `printFormsData` | Partly | Full list: `officecli help docx document`. ## Set → Get round-trip The script ends by reading the container back and printing canonical keys: ``` author = Jane Author pageWidth = 21cm pageHeight = 29.7cm docDefaults.font = Georgia docDefaults.fontSize = 12pt theme.color.accent1 = #1F6FEB docGrid.type = lines ``` Note normalization on `get`: colours gain `#`, font sizes become `pt`-qualified.