bidi property

PageSetup.bidi property

Specifies that this section contains bidirectional (complex scripts) text.

@property
def bidi(self) -> bool:
    ...

@bidi.setter
def bidi(self, value: bool):
    ...

Remarks

When True, the columns in this section are laid out from right to left.

Examples

Shows how to set the order of text columns in a section.

doc = aw.Document()

page_setup = doc.sections[0].page_setup
page_setup.text_columns.set_count(3)

builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
builder.write("Column 1.")
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.COLUMN_BREAK)
builder.write("Column 2.")
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.COLUMN_BREAK)
builder.write("Column 3.")

# Set the "bidi" property to "True" to arrange the columns starting from the page's right side.
# The order of the columns will match the direction of the right-to-left text.
# Set the "bidi" property to "False" to arrange the columns starting from the page's left side.
# The order of the columns will match the direction of the left-to-right text.
page_setup.bidi = reverse_columns

doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + "PageSetup.bidi.docx")

See Also

PageSetup.border_always_in_front property