Modify docx page margins with python-docx

Question

I need to quickly change the margins of many docx documents. I checked python-docx and I do not find a way to access/modify the page layout (in particular the margins) properties. Is there a way?

Margins are controlled by [Section objects](http://python-docx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/section.html#sections-objects). See [Working With Sections](http://python-docx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/user/sections.html) for more details. I think you can just enumerate the sections in the doc and change the margin properties. — tdelaney, Oct 02 '15 at 20:38
Totally true @tdelaney, somehow I has misread this part of the documentation. Thanks for pointing this out! — XAnguera, Oct 02 '15 at 21:41

score 38 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 02 '15 at 21:55

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Thanks to @tdelaney for pointing out the page where it clearly indicated the solution. I am just posting here the code I used in case anyone else is confused as I initially was:

#Open the document
document = Document(args.inputFile)

#changing the page margins
sections = document.sections
for section in sections:
    section.top_margin = Cm(margin)
    section.bottom_margin = Cm(margin)
    section.left_margin = Cm(margin)
    section.right_margin = Cm(margin)

document.save(args.outputFile)

answered Oct 02 '15 at 21:55

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Is there any method to change the Left and Right margin of only the Header and Footer and NOT the whole page/section? – Slick Slime Jul 24 '19 at 07:41
@XAnguera what does "Args" means? – Steve Smith Apr 05 '20 at 20:40
@Steve It's probably the output of `argparse`, which is storing the values passed in from the command line. – Anthony May 07 '20 at 12:45
@Anthony What does that mean exactly? – Steve Smith May 16 '20 at 00:55

score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 17 '20 at 13:50

import docx
from docx.shared import Inches, Cm
doc = docx.Document()
sections = doc.sections
for section in sections:
    section.top_margin = Cm(0.5)
    section.bottom_margin = Cm(0.5)
    section.left_margin = Cm(1)
    section.right_margin = Cm(1)

Here's the code that i used please include from docx.shared import Inches, Cm

Modify docx page margins with python-docx

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