Uses the python-docx package to write various properties of a feature class to docx format.

writeFieldsToDOC.py

'''
@date 15/09/2015
@author Cindy Williams

Uses the python-docx package to write various
properties of a feature class to docx format.

'''

import arcpy
from docx import Document

arcpy.env.workspace = r"C:\Some\Arb\Folder\work.gdb"
doc = r"C:\Some\Arb\Folder\test.docx"

document = Document()

document.add_paragraph("This document contains a description of fields per feature class.")

for fc in arcpy.ListFeatureClasses():
    p = document.add_paragraph("Feature class: ")
    p.add_run(fc).bold = True
    p.add_run("\n")
    table = document.add_table(rows=1, cols=2, style='Table Grid')
    header_cells = table.rows[0].cells
    header_cells[0].text = "Field Name"
    header_cells[1].text = "Field Type"

    for field in arcpy.ListFields(fc):
        row_cells = table.add_row().cells
        row_cells[0].text = field.name
        row_cells[1].text = field.type
    document.add_page_break() # Each feature class on its own page
document.save(doc)