Develop Reference

How to create a dynamic form with python using translated text as input?

I have an original text that I want to translate. I normally do it manually but I know I could save a lot of time translating automatically the most frequent words and expressions.
I will find out how to translate simple words, the problem is not here. I have read some books on python and I think using string manipulations can be done.
But I am lost about how to create the output file.
The output file will contain:
short empty forms ready to be filled wherever there is text that has not been translated
the translated words wherever they were in the original file
In the output file I will fill manually the empty forms, after pressing Tab the cursor should jump to the next exmpty form
I am lost here, I know how to do forms on html but the language I am used to is Python.
I would like to know what modules from Python I could use. I need some guidance on this.
Can you recommend me a book or a tool that explains how to do something similar to this?
This is what I want to do, assuming I have managed to create a simple database to translate colors from Spanish to English.
The first step contains the original file.
The second step contains the automatic translation.
In the third step I complete the manual translation.
After finishing everything is grouped into a normal txt file ready to be used.
I think it is quite clear. I don't expect people to tell me the code to do this, I just need to know what tools could be used to achieve my goal.
Thanks for editing.

To create an interface that works with a web browser, Flask for Python is a good method for creating webforms. There are tutorials available.
One method for storing data would be an SQLite file. That may be more than you need, so I'd recommend starting with a CSV file. Libraries exist in Python for both CSVs and SQLite.

I need a starting point to code an app to extract text from pdf to excel

To start I just want to state that I'm an Electrical Engineer with basic knowledge of programming.
My requirement is as follows:
I want to create an app where I can load and view PDF files that
contain tables.
These PDF files tables are of irregular shapes and in a different
position on every page. (that's why tools like tabular couldn't help
me)
Each table entry is multiline and of irregular dimensions (I cannot
select a whole row at a time it has to be each element alone. simply
copying the lines to excel won't work either because it will need a
lot of formatting)
So I want to be able to select each table entry individually from the
table (like a selection or cropping box over the required text),
delete new line if there is a new line in the text and just keep spaces.
The generated excel (or access database I do not really mind any)
should be reviewable and saveable (if those are even words XD).
I have a good knowledge of python and a very elementary knowledge of Django and I'm seeking some expert who can tell me what do I really need to learn (and if possible where to learn it) to execute my project.
Is it very much for me to execute and if I can dedicate 10 hours a week, how much would it take me to execute such a project.
Thanks all for your help in advance.

Don't use Python, use Word. Open the pdf, then step through the tables collection to collect the data and put it into excel. See this for an example

Here are the advises i can provide you :
first of all, ask internet for questions :
https://lmddgtfy.net/?q=python%20library%20tabular%20pdf
-> Camelot , which is mentioned multiple time seems to be relevant
For the use of excel sheet, i present you one of the most famous library for manipulating DataFrame: Pandas
You can use small courses on internet which will offer you a quick ability to manage your project easier.
for the application, you can easily find on youtube courses on a library made by someone who will explain you how to do a basic application. It could offer you the entry point you are talking about. Then, You can just wonder what else do you need or simply want for making it better.
for the time needed, it depends on how much time do you need to understand the basics, how much time you spend on having a deeper comprehension. I think in one week, working during your free time with a real interest, it could be working( not perfect, but working, which is a good beginning)
PS: I am not sure if your question is relevant for the aims of stackoverflow. I suggest you to read this file. ( https://stackoverflow.com/help/how-to-ask)

Import data from excel spreadsheet to django model

I'm building a website that'll have a django backend. I want to be able to serve the medical billing data from a database that django will have access to. However, all of the data we receive is in excel spreadsheets. So I've been looking for a way to get the data from a spreadsheet, and then import it into a django model. I know there are some different django packages that can do this, but I'm having a hard time understanding how to use these packages. On top of that I'm using python 3 for this project. I've used win32com for automation stuff in excel in the past. I could write a function that could grab the data from the spreadsheet. Though what I want figure out is how would I write the data to a django model? Any advice is appreciated.

Use http://www.python-excel.org/ and consider this process:
Make a view where user can upload the xls file.
Open the file with xlrd. xlrd.open_workbook(filename)
Extract, create dict to map the data you want to sync in db.
Use the models to add, update or delete the information.
If you follow the process, you can learn a lot of how loading and extracting works and how does it fits with the requirements. I recommend to you first do the step 2 and 3 in shell to get more quicker experiments and avoid to be uploading/testing/error with a django view.
Hope this kickoff base works for you.

Why don't you use django-import-export?
It's a widget that allows you to import excel files from admin section.
It's very easy to install, here you find the installation tutorial, and here an example.

Excel spreadsheets are saved as .csv files, and there are plenty of examples and explanations on how to work with them, such as here and here, online already.
In general, if you are having difficulty understanding documentation or packages, my advice would be to search for specific examples or see if whatever you are trying to do has already been done. Play with it to get a working understanding, and then modify it to fit your needs.

Write Microsoft Word Doc with MySQL data

I'm programming a MySQL database with Web interface for remote access. I used Django as a framework. But now, I want to generate some reports using the MySQL data and modify them after generating. Therefore, I automatically think of exporting data to or importing from Word. The thing is, how I do this?
I have seen several options. One of them, using Python-docx, a library to generate docx documents in Python. I could have a problem with this, because the generated reports will be large, with lots of images, tables, pages, etc. I worked with xlsxwriter, and when the files were large it took long time to generate de xlsx. I don't know if Python-docx would be the better solution.
Other option is to import data directly from Microsoft Word, using some software for this concrete purpose or using a macro VBA. I have programmed some example code with VBA to import data of MySQL using connectors ODBC and it's immediately possible, but there is thousand of objects and classes of VBA Word to learn.
Exposed the problem, any tips or suggestions??? Thanks in advance!

Another option is to generate HTML & open as a word document.
If you take a document similar to what you want to generate & save as HTML you will see what word does. Take this file as a template for your documents

Reporting charts and data for MS-Office users

We have lots of data and some charts repesenting one logical item. Charts and data is stored in various files. As a result, most users can easily access and re-use the information in their applications.
However, this not exactly a good way of storing data. Amongst other reasons, charts belong to some data, the charts and data have some meta-information that is not reflected in the file system, there are a lot of files, etc.
Ideally, we want
one big "file" that can store all
information (text, data and charts)
the "file" is human readable,
portable and accessible by
non-technical users
allows typical office applications
like MS Word or MS Excel to extract
text, data and charts easily.
light-weight, easy solution. Quick
and dirty is sufficient. Not many
users.
I am happy to use some scripting language like Python to generate the "file", third-party tools (ideally free as in beer), and everything that you find on a typical Windows-centric office computer.
Some ideas that we currently ponder:
using VB or pywin32 to script MS Word or Excel
creating html and publish it on a RESTful web server
Could you expand on the ideas above? Do you have any other ideas? What should we consider?

I can only agree with Reef on the general concepts he presented:
You will almost certainly prefer the data in a database than in a single large file
You should not worry that the data is not directly manipulated by users because as Reef mentioned, it can only go wrong. And you would be suprised at how ugly it can get
Concerning the usage of MS Office integration tools I disagree with Reef. You can quite easily create an ActiveX Server (in Python if you like) that is accessible from the MS Office suite. As long as you have a solid infrastructure that allows some sort of file share, you could use that shared area to keep your code. I guess the mess Reef was talking about mostly is about keeping users' versions of your extract/import code in sync. If you do not use some sort of shared repository (a simple shared folder) or if your infrastructure fails you often so that the shared folder becomes unavailable you will be in great pain. Note what is also somewhat painful if you do not have the appropriate tools but deal with many users: The ActiveX Server is best registered on each machine.
So.. I just said MS Office integration is very doable. But whether it is the best thing to do is a different matter. I strongly believe you will serve your users better if you build a web-site that handles their data for them. This sort of tool however almost certainly becomes an "ongoing project". Often, even as an "ongoing project", the time saved by your users could still make it worth it. But sometimes, strategically, you want to give your users a poorer experience to control project costs. In that case the ActiveX Server I mentioned could be what you want.

Instead of using one big file, You should use a database. Yes, You can store various types of files like gifs in the database if You like to.
The file would not be human readable or accessible by non-technical users, but this is good.
The database would have a website that Your non-technical users would use to insert, update and get data from. They would be able to display it on the page or export it to csv (or even xls - it's not that hard, I've seen some csv->xls converters). You could look into some open standard document formats, I think it should be quite easy to output data with in it. Do not try to output in "doc" format (but You could try "docx"). You should be able to easily teach the users how to export their data to a CSV and upload it to the site, or they could use the web interface to insert the data if they like to.
If You will allow Your users to mess with the raw data, they will break it (i have tried that, You have no idea how those guys could do that). The only way to prevent it is to make a web form that only allows them to perform certain actions that You exactly know how that they should suppose to perform.
The database + web page solution is the good one. Using VB or pywin32 to script MSOffice will get You in so much trouble I cannot even imagine.
You could use gnuplot or some other graphics library to draw (pretty straightforward to implement, it does all the hard work for You).
I am afraid that the "quick" and dirty solution is tempting, but I only can say one thing: it will not be quick. In a few weeks You will find that hacking around with MSOffice scripting is messy, buggy and unreliable and the non-technical guys will hate it and say that in other companies they used to have a simple web panel that did that. Then You will find that You will not be able to ask about the scripting because everyone uses the web interfaces nowadays, as they are quite easy to implement and maintain.
This is not a small project, it's a medium sized one, You need to remember this while writing it. It will take some time to do it and test it and You will have to add new features as the non-technical guys will start using it. I knew some passionate php teenagers who would be able to write this panel in a week, but as I understand You have some better resources so I hope You will come with a really reliable, modular, extensible solution with good usability and happy users.
Good luck!