Styles Cookbook

Import from lpod:

from lpod.document import odf_get_document odf_new_document_from_type

Creation of the document:

document = odf_new_document_from_type('text')
body = document.get_body()

Use merge_styles_from to copy default style from some document:

doc_style = odf_get_document(u'my_ref_doc.odt')
document.merge_styles_from(doc_style)

Automatic style to set the master page:

style = odf_create_style('paragraph', master_page=u"First_20_Page")
document.insert_style(style, automatic=True)

The first paragraph will set the page:

paragraph = odf_create_paragraph(text=u"lpOD generated Document "
        u"with styled pages", style=style.get_style_name())
body.append_element(paragraph)

To modify the footer and header we get the style:

first_page_style = document.get_style(u'first page style')

Overwrite the footer:

first_page_style.set_footer(u'lpOD project')

Complement the header:

header = first_page_style.get_header()
par = header.get_paragraph_by_content(u'Draft')
par.set_text(u'Final Version')

Use default lpOD styles:

date_style = odf_create_default_date_style()
document.insert_style(date_style, automatic=True)
today = odf_create_date_variable(date.today(),
                                 data_style=date_style.get_style_name())
paragraph = odf_create_paragraph(
               text=u"The current date with the default lpOD date style: ")
paragraph.append_element(today)
body.append_element(paragraph)

Save:

filename = 'styles.odt'
document.save(filename, pretty=True)
print 'Document "%s" generated.' % filename

Styles instropection

• Copy default style from some document:

  >>> doc_style = odf_get_document(u'my_ref_doc.odt')
  >>> doc_style.show_styles(type='default')
  xxxx
  xxxx
  xxxx
  >>> doc_style.show_styles(type='named')
  xxxx
  xxxx
  xxxx