docx-combine

Combine several DOCX documents into one using python-docx module.

Installation

Use pip and install the program by url:

$ pip install https://github.com/cvlabmiet/docx-combine/archive/<version>.zip

Where <version> is a tag version described in release page.

On NixOS (the latest version):

$ nix-env -if https://api.github.com/repos/cvlabmiet/docx-combine/tarball/master

Usage

The program docx-combine has convenient command line interface, provided by argparse python module:

$ docx-combine --help
usage: docx-combine [-h] [--version] [--before [BEFORE [BEFORE ...]]]
                    [--after [AFTER [AFTER ...]]] --output OUTPUT
                    [--page-break] [--no-skip-sectpr]
                    main

Combine tool for DOCX

positional arguments:
  main                  main docx files

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version, -V         show program's version number and exit
  --before [BEFORE [BEFORE ...]], -b [BEFORE [BEFORE ...]]
                        docx files inserted before main file content
  --after [AFTER [AFTER ...]], -a [AFTER [AFTER ...]]
                        docx files inserted after main file content
  --output OUTPUT, -o OUTPUT
                        output file
  --page-break, -p      insert page breaks between parts
  --no-skip-sectpr      do not skip SectPr: header and footer

Also it has --version flag to check the installed program version:

$ docx-combine --version
docx-combine <version>

The program expects main file that will be chosen as main part of document. There are before and after options. To insert parts before main use --before flag, and for after parts use --after. Before and after insertions it is possible to break pages using --page-break flag. Special flag --no-skip-sectpr allows to combine headers and footers not only from main file but from parts too.