MS Word - Search and Replace

word_search_and_replace.py

import win32com.client as c
import pprint
import re

class Util:
    @staticmethod
    def pretty_printer(o):
        pp = pprint.PrettyPrinter(indent=4)
        pp.pprint(o)


class WordDocument:

    def __init__(self, path):
        self.path = path
        self.wdApp = c.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
        self.wdApp.Visible = True
        self.doc = self.wdApp.Documents.Open(path)
        self.txt = (self.doc.Content).Text.encode('ascii', errors='ignore')
        self.txt = str(self.txt)


    def getAllText(self, interestingText):
        rex = re.compile(r"{}".format(interestingText))
        entries = set()
        for entry in rex.findall(self.txt):
            entries.add(entry)
        Util.pretty_printer(entries)
        for entry in sorted(list(entries)):
            print(entry)

    def searchAndReplace(self):
        subs = {
                "Old": "New"
               }

        WDREPLACEALL = 2

        for k, v in subs.items():
            rge = self.doc.Content
            rge.Find.Execute(FindText=k, ReplaceWith=subs[k], Replace=WDREPLACEALL)


if __name__ == '__main__':
    
    path = r'<doc.docx'
    doc = WordDocument(path)
    # doc.getAllText(r'V(?:NGU|OKH)\w+\d{2}')
    doc.searchAndReplace()