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Python Automation Cookbook - Second Edition

By : Jaime Buelta
Book Image

Python Automation Cookbook - Second Edition

By: Jaime Buelta

Overview of this book

In this updated and extended version of Python Automation Cookbook, each chapter now comprises the newest recipes and is revised to align with Python 3.8 and higher. The book includes three new chapters that focus on using Python for test automation, machine learning projects, and for working with messy data. This edition will enable you to develop a sharp understanding of the fundamentals required to automate business processes through real-world tasks, such as developing your first web scraping application, analyzing information to generate spreadsheet reports with graphs, and communicating with automatically generated emails. Once you grasp the basics, you will acquire the practical knowledge to create stunning graphs and charts using Matplotlib, generate rich graphics with relevant information, automate marketing campaigns, build machine learning projects, and execute debugging techniques. By the end of this book, you will be proficient in identifying monotonous tasks and resolving process inefficiencies to produce superior and reliable systems.
Table of Contents (16 chapters)
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Index

Adding pictures to Word documents

Word documents can include images to show graphs or any other kind of extra information. Adding an image is a great way of creating rich reports.

Any experienced Word user will know how frustrating it can be to properly position an image, as the surrounding environment can make it change. Keep in mind that, while positioning the image programmatically can help, as it will be included in a specific place, changing the surrounding paragraphs can change how it gets rendered.

In this recipe, we'll learn how to attach an existing image file to a Word document.

Getting ready

We'll use the python-docx module to process Word documents:

$ echo "python-docx==0.8.10" >> requirements.txt
$ pip install -r requirements.txt

We need to prepare an image to include in the document. We'll use the file in GitHub at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/Python-Automation-Cookbook-Second-Edition...