I try out creating Word documents with python-docx. The created file is in letter dimensions 8.5 x 11 inches. But in Germany the standard format is A4 8.27 x 11.69 inches. from docx import Document from docx.shared import Inches document = Document() document.add_heading('Document Title', 0) document.settings p = document.add_paragraph('A plain paragraph having some ') p.add_run('bold').bold = True p.add_run(' and some ') p.add_run('italic.').italic = True document.add_heading('Heading, level 1', level=1) document.add_paragraph('Intense quote', style='IntenseQuote') document.add_paragraph( 'first item in unordered list', style='ListBullet' ) document.add_paragraph( 'first item in ordered list', style='ListNumber' ) table = document.add_table(rows=1, cols=3) hdr_cells = table.rows[0].cells hdr_cells[0].text = 'Qty' hdr_cells[1].text = 'Id' hdr_cells[2].text = 'Desc' document.add_page_break() document.save('demo.docx') I don't find any information about this topic in the documentation. Continue reading...