convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells method

convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells()

Converts cells horizontally merged by width to cells merged by CellFormat.horizontal_merge.

def convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells(self):
    ...

Remarks

Table cells can be horizontally merged either using merge flags CellFormat.horizontal_merge or using cell width CellFormat.width.

When table cell is merged by width property CellFormat.horizontal_merge is meaningless but sometimes having merge flags is more convenient way.

Use this method to transforms table cells horizontally merged by width to cells merged by merge flags.

Examples

Shows how to convert cells horizontally merged by width to cells merged by CellFormat.horizontal_merge.

doc = aw.Document(MY_DIR + 'Table with merged cells.docx')
# Microsoft Word does not write merge flags anymore, defining merged cells by width instead.
# Aspose.Words by default define only 5 cells in a row, and none of them have the horizontal merge flag,
# even though there were 7 cells in the row before the horizontal merging took place.
table = doc.first_section.body.tables[0]
row = table.rows[0]
self.assertEqual(5, row.cells.count)
self.assertTrue(all((c.as_cell().cell_format.horizontal_merge == aw.tables.CellMerge.NONE for c in row.cells)))
# Use the "convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells" method to convert cells horizontally merged
# by its width to the cell horizontally merged by flags.
# Now, we have 7 cells, and some of them have horizontal merge values.
table.convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells()
row = table.rows[0]
self.assertEqual(7, row.cells.count)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.NONE, row.cells[0].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.FIRST, row.cells[1].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.PREVIOUS, row.cells[2].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.NONE, row.cells[3].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.FIRST, row.cells[4].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.PREVIOUS, row.cells[5].cell_format.horizontal_merge)
self.assertEqual(aw.tables.CellMerge.NONE, row.cells[6].cell_format.horizontal_merge)

convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells method

convert_to_horizontally_merged_cells()

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