Table constructor

Table(doc)

Initializes a new instance of the Table class.

def __init__(self, doc: aspose.words.DocumentBase):
    ...
ParameterTypeDescription
docDocumentBaseThe owner document.

Remarks

When Table is created, it belongs to the specified document, but is not yet part of the document and Node.parent_node is None.

To append Table to the document use CompositeNode.insert_after() or CompositeNode.insert_before() on the story where you want the table inserted.

Examples

Shows how to create a table.

doc = aw.Document()
table = aw.tables.Table(doc)
doc.first_section.body.append_child(table)
# Tables contain rows, which contain cells, which may have paragraphs
# with typical elements such as runs, shapes, and even other tables.
# Calling the "EnsureMinimum" method on a table will ensure that
# the table has at least one row, cell, and paragraph.
first_row = aw.tables.Row(doc)
table.append_child(first_row)
first_cell = aw.tables.Cell(doc)
first_row.append_child(first_cell)
paragraph = aw.Paragraph(doc)
first_cell.append_child(paragraph)
# Add text to the first cell in the first row of the table.
run = aw.Run(doc=doc, text='Hello world!')
paragraph.append_child(run)
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Table.CreateTable.docx')

Shows how to build a nested table without using a document builder.

doc = aw.Document()
# Create the outer table with three rows and four columns, and then add it to the document.
outer_table = ExTable._create_table(doc, 3, 4, 'Outer Table')
doc.first_section.body.append_child(outer_table)
# Create another table with two rows and two columns and then insert it into the first table's first cell.
inner_table = ExTable._create_table(doc, 2, 2, 'Inner Table')
outer_table.first_row.first_cell.append_child(inner_table)
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'Table.CreateNestedTable.docx')

Shows how to build a nested table without using a document builder (CreateTable).

@staticmethod
def _create_table(doc, row_count, cell_count, cell_text):
    table = aw.tables.Table(doc)
    row_id = 1
    while row_id <= row_count:
        row = aw.tables.Row(doc)
        table.append_child(row)
        cell_id = 1
        while cell_id <= cell_count:
            cell = aw.tables.Cell(doc)
            cell.append_child(aw.Paragraph(doc))
            cell.first_paragraph.append_child(aw.Run(doc=doc, text=cell_text))
            row.append_child(cell)
            cell_id += 1
        row_id += 1
    # You can use the "Title" and "Description" properties to add a title and description respectively to your table.
    # The table must have at least one row before we can use these properties.
    # These properties are meaningful for ISO / IEC 29500 compliant .docx documents (see the OoxmlCompliance class).
    # If we save the document to pre-ISO/IEC 29500 formats, Microsoft Word ignores these properties.
    table.title = 'Aspose table title'
    table.description = 'Aspose table description'
    return table

See Also

Table.absolute_horizontal_distance property