from docxtpl import DocxTemplate, R, Listing tpl = DocxTemplate('templates/escape_tpl.docx') context = { 'myvar': R( '"less than" must be escaped : <, this can be done with RichText() or R()' ), 'myescvar': 'It can be escaped with a "|e" jinja filter in the template too : < ', 'nlnp': R('Here is a multiple\nlines\nstring\aand some\aother\aparagraphs', color='#ff00ff'), 'mylisting': Listing( 'the listing\nwith\nsome\nlines\nand special chars : <>& ...' ), 'page_break': R('\f'), 'new_listing': """ This is a new listing Now, does not require Listing() Object Here is a \t tab\a Here is a new paragraph\a Here is a page break : \f That's it """, } tpl.render(context) tpl.save('output/escape.docx')