Word 365 Write a Book add Programming language code blocks

Question

I have Office 365 Home - in Word 365 I plan to Write a Docx document for future converting in PDF E-book

The eBook should include programming code

in Python, Javascript, PHP, Java, and C++

When adding the programming language code sections... how can color for the code, in other words, code be like the screenshot below for example???

Answer 1

Hi! This is King, an Independent Advisor, I am a fellow Microsoft customer and expert user here to help.

To address your concerns, use the instructions below.

1. Go to insert tab
2. Click object on the right part of the ribbon.
3. Choose OpenDocument Text which will open a new embedded word document
4. Copy and paste your code.
5. Save and close.

You may refer to the link below where I got the exact instructions from stackoverflow.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/387453/how-...

I hope this will help you to resolve your concerns. Please don't hesitate to reply if still have some follow-up concerns.

Regards,
-King

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Answer 2

Thank you for your reply

When pasting the code eg from VS Code editor

You recommend from Paste Options choose - first icon

Keep source formating

to keep the colors/highlight of code snippet... this is the most common?

Answer 3

Yes. With the use of keep source formatting, coding formats will be followed when you paste the text.

I hope this will help you.

Regards,
King

Answer 4

How to Add line numbers to Code block [ OpenDocument Text which will open a new embedded word document ] in Word 365...?

Answer 5

In Word, use a particular paragraph style for your code examples. Add paragraph shading to that style.

Also, enable Line Numbering as required. You will have to suppress it for other styles in the document.