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I'm trying to do anything considering word document using docx library in python. The problem is, whatever I import, I get error message about 'no attribute'. For eample - Document

from docx import Document

gives output

cannot import name Document

and any try to use Document ends with error

AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'Document'

Any syntax seems to be correct. I'm using docx module version 0.2.4 .

Thanks for all help.

Misia Sowa
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I had a similar problem. I had used pip install docx in my virtual environment. The fix was to pip uninstall docx and then pip install python-docx.

Smoke Liberator
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are you sure you properly installed docx? Because it seems it is not installed. You should try using pip or easy_install to install it properly.

http://python-docx.readthedocs.org/en/latest/user/install.html

For example, I never installed it and I get this following code error if I try to import it which is pretty much what you get : 

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "docx.py", line 1, in <module>
  from docx import Document
File "/Users/xxxx/Documents/Python/docx.py", line 1, in <module>
from docx import Document
ImportError: cannot import name Document
Clad Clad
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from official documentation

python-docx versions 0.3.0 and later are not API-compatible with prior versions.

so, try to update package or use old api

go1dshtein
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