odd_and_even_pages_header_footer property

PageSetup.odd_and_even_pages_header_footer property

True if the document has different headers and footers for odd-numbered and even-numbered pages.

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

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

Remarks

Note, changing this property affects all sections in the document.

Examples

Shows how to create headers and footers in a document using DocumentBuilder.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Specify that we want different headers and footers for first, even and odd pages.
builder.page_setup.different_first_page_header_footer = True
builder.page_setup.odd_and_even_pages_header_footer = True
# Create the headers, then add three pages to the document to display each header type.
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_FIRST)
builder.write('Header for the first page')
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_EVEN)
builder.write('Header for even pages')
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY)
builder.write('Header for all other pages')
builder.move_to_section(0)
builder.writeln('Page1')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.writeln('Page2')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.writeln('Page3')
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'DocumentBuilder.HeadersAndFooters.docx')

Shows how to enable or disable even page headers/footers.

doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc)
# Below are two types of header/footers.
# 1 -  The "Primary" header/footer, which appears on every page in the section.
# We can override the primary header/footer by a first and an even page header/footer.
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_PRIMARY)
builder.writeln('Primary header.')
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_PRIMARY)
builder.writeln('Primary footer.')
# 2 -  The "Even" header/footer, which appears on every even page of this section.
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.HEADER_EVEN)
builder.writeln('Even page header.')
builder.move_to_header_footer(aw.HeaderFooterType.FOOTER_EVEN)
builder.writeln('Even page footer.')
builder.move_to_section(0)
builder.writeln('Page 1.')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.writeln('Page 2.')
builder.insert_break(aw.BreakType.PAGE_BREAK)
builder.writeln('Page 3.')
# Each section has a "page_setup" object that specifies page appearance-related properties
# such as orientation, size, and borders.
# Set the "odd_and_even_pages_header_Footer" property to "True"
# to display the even page header/footer on even pages.
# Set the "odd_and_even_pages_header_Footer" property to "False"
# to display the primary header/footer on even pages.
builder.page_setup.odd_and_even_pages_header_footer = odd_and_even_pages_header_footer
doc.save(ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'PageSetup.odd_and_even_pages_header_footer.docx')

odd_and_even_pages_header_footer property

PageSetup.odd_and_even_pages_header_footer property

Remarks

Examples

See Also