Modify the alignment of cells in a table

Hi …

Would it be possible to add an attribute to table cells so it is possible to set the horizontal alignment (left/centred/right) per cell? I imagine the API would be the same as setting the cell width … so it would be something like the following to have a left justified first column and right justified columns thereafter (as one might do with a spreadsheet of numbers):

#for say, three columns
alignments=['left','right','right']
for r in table.rows:
    for i in range(len(alignments)):
        r.cells[i].alignment=alignments[i]

[RafaelBraz]

For fix an extra \n try this:

table = document.add_table(1, 2)
table.cell(0,0).text = 'Left alignment'
table.cell(0,0).paragraphs[0].paragraph_format.alignment = WD_TABLE_ALIGNMENT.LEFT
table.cell(0,1).text = 'Right alignment'
table.cell(0,1).paragraphs[0].paragraph_format.alignment = WD_TABLE_ALIGNMENT.RIGHT

[bnlawrence]

Ah thanks. I made the cardinal mistake of mixing a requirement with a possible solution.

The requirement I have is that I can create aligned cells in a table. Following your hint above I can do that simply by aligning the paragraphs in the cells as I create them (which is what I wanted, but I foolishly suggested a way of doing it based on the way I had to handle cell width … I hadn’t appreciated the extra complexity of the paragraphs within the cell … despite it being pretty obvious if I’d thought about it).

In case anyone else comes here, this is the way of doing it:

# add a row with one cell left aligned, then one right aligned:
row=table.add_row().cells
p=row[0].add_paragraph('left justified text')
p.alignment=WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.LEFT
p=row[1].add_paragraph('right justified text')
p.alignment=WD_ALIGN_PARAGRAPH.RIGHT