python docx set table cell background and text color

Question

I am using python 2.7 with docx and I would like to change the background and text color of cells in my table based on condition.

I could not find any usefull resour

Answer 1

It looks like instead of using the cell.text = "Something" method you need to use the cell.add_paragraph("SomeText", a_style) with a defined style - probably one of:

• ColorfulGrid
• ColorfulGrid-Accent1
• ColorfulGrid-Accent2
• ColorfulGrid-Accent3
• ColorfulGrid-Accent4
• ColorfulGrid-Accent5
• ColorfulGrid-Accent6

Full list here.

If you use the “default” template document - otherwise you will have to create your own.