CT_Document

<w:document> element, the root element of a document.xml file.

Attributes

`body`

attributebodyCT_Body

= ZeroOrOne('w:body')

`sectPr_lst`

attributesectPr_lstList[CT_SectPr]

All w:sectPr elements directly accessible from document element.

Note this does not include a sectPr child in a paragraphs wrapped in revision marks or other intervening layer, perhaps w:sdt or customXml elements.

w:sectPr elements appear in document order. The last one is always w:body/w:sectPr, all preceding are w:p/w:pPr/w:sectPr.

`xml`

attributexmlstr

XML string for this element, suitable for testing purposes.

Pretty printed for readability and without an XML declaration at the top.

Functions

`first_child_found_in`

funcfirst_child_found_in(*tagnames: str) -> _Element | None

First child with tag in tagnames, or None if not found.

paramtagnamesstr

= ()

Returns

lxml.etree._Element | None

`insert_element_before`

funcinsert_element_before(elm: ElementBase, *tagnames: str)

paramelmElementBase

paramtagnamesstr

= ()

`remove_all`

funcremove_all(*tagnames: str) -> None

Remove child elements with tagname (e.g. "a:p") in tagnames.

paramtagnamesstr

= ()

Returns

None

`xpath`

funcxpath(xpath_str: str) -> Any

Override of lxml _Element.xpath() method.

Provides standard Open XML namespace mapping (nsmap) in centralized location.

paramxpath_strstr

Returns

typing.Any

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