How to use python-docx to replace text in a Word document and save

Question

The oodocx module mentioned in the same page refers the user to an /examples folder that does not seem to be there.
I have read the documentation of python-docx 0.7.2, p

Answer 1

I got much help from answers from the earlier, but for me, the below code functions as the simple find and replace function in word would do. Hope this helps.

#!pip install python-docx
#start from here if python-docx is installed
from docx import Document
#open the document
doc=Document('./test.docx')
Dictionary = {"sea": "ocean", "find_this_text":"new_text"}
for i in Dictionary:
    for p in doc.paragraphs:
        if p.text.find(i)>=0:
            p.text=p.text.replace(i,Dictionary[i])
#save changed document
doc.save('./test.docx')

The above solution has limitations. 1) The paragraph containing The "find_this_text" will became plain text without any format, 2) context controls that are in the same paragraph with the "find_this_text" will be deleted, and 3) the "find_this_text" in either context controls or tables will not be changed.