Read a docx document with python3

Hello,

I’m marking the topic as resolved (see #65), @quentin2121 StatusMember is thinking about doing this in the future as explained here.

Thanks to everyone (especially 633049 and @Diablo76 StatusMember) who helped quentin2121 find the answer. Below is a summary of this long discussion.

Summary of the problem

Reading a docx file in python3 on Windows.

Summary of the solution

• Install pycharm.
• Create a new project in pycharm.
  • It is recommended to create a virtual environment for the project using the python 3.11 interpreter, as python 3.12 is currently causing issues.
  • If python3.11 is not installed, see #59 for instructions.
• Install python-docx. Be careful not to install docx, but python-docx this link). Two methods are possible
  • via the Python Package menu in pycharm
  • via the terminal (shell) (not in the python interpreter!) of pycharm, by invoking pip yourself:

    • python -m pip install --upgrade pip # Upgrading pip pip install python-docx # Installing the package

  • If there is a pip error, particularly:

    When import docx in python3.3 I have error ImportError: No module named 'exceptions'

    ... you should consider using another version of python, such as python 3.11. The above error currently affects python3.12.

Good luck and thanks to everyone

In the bottom right corner of Pycharm, you can see the interpreter in use (in my screenshot 3.11)

You click on it and you can see all the installed interpreters (in my screenshot 3.9 and 3.11) as well as menus to configure everything.

There, either you choose 3.11, or you install it if it hasn't been done, and that will be fine at least for your current project.

As we have already told you, Pycharm creates a virtual environment for each project. All the dependencies of the project are in this environment (For example, docx if you install it, will only be accessible to this project, from another one you would have to install it again).

But there are settings that are global to Pycharm, and I don't know this IDE well enough to tell you whether the interpreter is global or not.

But since it says Python 3.11 (SAGC) which is the name of my project, I tend to think it is not a global setting.

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When I was little, the Dead Sea was only sick.
George Burns

Have you installed the module on your PC?

When I was little, the Dead Sea was only sick.
George Burns

What mistake?

When I was little, the Dead Sea was only sick.
George Burns

Hello,

No matter where the file is located, put the path:

import docx doc = docx.Document("C:\\Phil\\Dev\\Python\\tests\\Word_test.docx") for para in doc.paragraphs: print('Paragraph:\n',para.text)

import docx doc = docx.Document("C:\\Users\\quent\\PycharmProjects\\pythonProject\\L'ANGE_GABRIEL.docx")

I have this error:

    doc = docx.Document("C:\\Users\\quent\\PycharmProjects\\pythonProject\\L'ANGE_GABRIEL.docx")

SyntaxError: (unicode error) 'unicodeescape' codec can't decode bytes in position 2-3: truncated \UXXXXXXXX escape

Hello,

Have you tried this:

import docx doc = docx.Documents("C:/Users/quent/PycharmProjects/pythonProject/L'ANGE_GABRIEL.docx") 

I’m starting to wonder if I have the docx module installed on Pycharm? What path or console command can I use to check it, please?

Hello,

Is there no one to help me? I'm stuck here.

On my PC that has Pycharm, I do have 2 files named random.py but

• they are not organized in a folder that looks like a personal folder
• the comments are not in French.

I therefore reformulate my question, did you write the file "C:\Users\quent\PycharmProjects\pythonProject\random.py"

When I was little, the Dead Sea was only sick.
George Burns

So for some reason I don't know, PyCharm thinks the random module is your file and not the original one.

We need to make sure the real one is taken into account, maybe reinstall it.

As for

I only copied the beginning of the code, I have an error with "syntax error" on line 2.

yes it is doubly obvious, first because in your other program that is exactly what the error message is telling you. And moreover, a comment starts with #.

When I was young, the Dead Sea was just sick.
George Burns

Hello,

I haven't read everything, so my apologies if what I'm saying is a repeat:

• As explained in this link, for modern versions of Python, you need to install python-docx and not docx. This will solve the error you mentioned in #28.

  pip remove docx pip install python-docx 

• Regarding #26 and the naming of your function
  • A Python function name should not contain spaces.
  • I strongly discourage the use of non-ASCII characters (typically accented characters). So rename your function "générer un nombre aléatoire" to "generer_un_nombre_aleatoire". If you really wanted to use Unicode characters, your file would need to start with the appropriate header. Example: 

    #!/usr/bin/env python3 # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- def f(): print("Hello world")

  • I recommend naming your functions in English; this helps develop good habits for the future and eliminates the use of accented characters by default.
  • In your particular case, the function you are trying to implement is probably random.randint. 

    from random import randint n = randint(1, 10) # 1 <= n <= 10

• Instead of taking screenshots of your call stack, copy-paste it in full (as you did in #28). Also, please include it in a code section as explained here.

Good luck

Maybe Pycharm is bugging, maybe it needs to be uninstalled, reinstalled? While saving my projects?

I opened a project in PyCharm where I have docx.

With the package manager (as @Diablo76 showed you), I can see it in the list of installed components.

Do you see it?

I'm asking you this because earlier your error trace seemed to go through this package. So maybe it wasn't the right package as @mamiemando suggested.

In that case, maybe you should uninstall it first.

To the right of the package manager, you can click on the three dots.

Otherwise, in the PyCharm terminal (as Diablo also showed you), with pip list, you can also see the installed packages in your project.

To be sure, you should see

 (venv) followed by the path to your project

And the install commands have already been given to you, here's the uninstall one:

pip uninstall docx

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When I was little, the Dead Sea was just sick.
George Burns

Thank you to Whismeril, goulu, and mamiemando for taking an interest in my problem. I uninstalled Python 3.12 and installed Python 3.11. When I run pip install python-docx, I get:

(venv) PS C:\Users\quent\PycharmProjects\pythonProject> pip install python-docx

No Python at '"C:\Users\quent\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python312\python.exe'

(venv) PS C:\Users\quent\PycharmProjects\pythonProject>

Python is installed in the C of app data, local, during the install, at the very beginning, I checked "install the path", at the bottom, an option, could this be the issue?

And if you copy and paste the path into the text area of the explorer window?

When I was little, the Dead Sea was only sick.
George Burns

Hello Mamiemando,

Thanks for closing the topic. But I hadn't done it because I still have questions. I installed pyinstaller on my PC to run Python projects on any PCs not equipped with Python. It works for other files, but not for the ange_gabriel?

Actually, it opens fine in Pycharm with the lines I included in the project, but I wanted all the content of the text file to open in the Pycharm execution console! Then on a PC after I have directed it to pyinstaller.

Do I need to add any other lines of code for it to display in Pycharm? Will it be possible to create a .exe file with pyinstaller? Thanks again for the help!