def copyTable(document, tableSource, tableDestination): # document is of odf.opendocument # tableSource is a string with the name of the source table # tableDestination is a string with the name of the destination table # get all tables in document allTables = document.getElementsByType(table.Table) templateTable = None for xTable in allTables: if hasattr(xTable, 'attributes'): tableName = xTable.getAttribute('name') if tableName == tableSource: templateTable = xTable if templateTable is None: print('Table not found') return # first need to know about the columns in the original table cols = templateTable.getElementsByType(table.TableColumn) # create a new table for the copy copyTable = Table(name=tableDestination) # run through all columns and create a new column in the destination table # for each column in the source table for itm in cols: colNew = TableColumn() # copy the stylename of the column (needed for columnwidth colNew.setAttribute('stylename', itm.getAttribute('stylename') ) # add the created column to the destination table copyTable.addElement(colNew) # get all rows from the original table rows = templateTable.getElementsByType(table.TableRow) #run through all rows for tempRow in rows: # create a new roz tr = TableRow() # get all cells from the original table cells = tempRow.getElementsByType(table.TableCell) # run through all cells for tempCell in cells: # create a new cell cell = TableCell() # copy the attributes cell.setAttribute('stylename', tempCell.getAttribute('stylename') ) cell.setAttribute('numbercolumnsspanned', tempCell.getAttribute('numbercolumnsspanned') ) cell.setAttribute('numbermatrixcolumnsspanned', tempCell.getAttribute('numbermatrixcolumnsspanned') ) # get all parapgraphs from the cell paras = tempCell.getElementsByType(text.P) for paraTemp in paras: # extract the text old_text = teletype.extractText(paraTemp) # create a new paragraph para_copy = P(text=old_text) # append paragraph to the cell cell.addElement(para_copy) # add the cell to the row tr.addElement(cell) # append row to the destination table copyTable.addElement(tr) templateTable.parentNode.addElement(copyTable) templateTable.parentNode.addElement(P() )