In WordprocessingML, document-level settings are defined in the settings.xml part. There are 98 distinct settings, all of which are optional (according to the spec at least).
The API does not provide for direct access to the settings part. A |Settings| proxy object is available on the :attr:`.Document.settings` property and provides access to the document-level settings. The |Document| object obtains access via its document part. |DocumentPart| brokers all access to the settings part.
>>> document = Document()
>>> document.settings
<docx.settings.Settings object at 0xdeadbeef4><xsd:complexType name="CT_Settings">
<xsd:sequence>
<xsd:element name="writeProtection" type="CT_WriteProtection" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="view" type="CT_View" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="zoom" type="CT_Zoom" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="removePersonalInformation" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="removeDateAndTime" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotDisplayPageBoundaries" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="displayBackgroundShape" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="printPostScriptOverText" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="printFractionalCharacterWidth" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="printFormsData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="embedTrueTypeFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="embedSystemFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="saveSubsetFonts" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="saveFormsData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="mirrorMargins" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="alignBordersAndEdges" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="bordersDoNotSurroundHeader" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="bordersDoNotSurroundFooter" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="gutterAtTop" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hideSpellingErrors" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hideGrammaticalErrors" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="activeWritingStyle" type="CT_WritingStyle" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="proofState" type="CT_Proof" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="formsDesign" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="attachedTemplate" type="CT_Rel" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="linkStyles" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="stylePaneFormatFilter" type="CT_StylePaneFilter" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="stylePaneSortMethod" type="CT_StyleSort" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="documentType" type="CT_DocType" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="mailMerge" type="CT_MailMerge" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="revisionView" type="CT_TrackChangesView" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="trackRevisions" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotTrackMoves" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotTrackFormatting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="documentProtection" type="CT_DocProtect" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="autoFormatOverride" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="styleLockTheme" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="styleLockQFSet" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="defaultTabStop" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="autoHyphenation" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="consecutiveHyphenLimit" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hyphenationZone" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotHyphenateCaps" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="showEnvelope" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="summaryLength" type="CT_DecimalNumberOrPrecent" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="clickAndTypeStyle" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="defaultTableStyle" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="evenAndOddHeaders" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="bookFoldRevPrinting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="bookFoldPrinting" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="bookFoldPrintingSheets" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="drawingGridHorizontalSpacing" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="drawingGridVerticalSpacing" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="displayHorizontalDrawingGridEvery" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="displayVerticalDrawingGridEvery" type="CT_DecimalNumber" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotUseMarginsForDrawingGridOrigin" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="drawingGridHorizontalOrigin" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="drawingGridVerticalOrigin" type="CT_TwipsMeasure" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotShadeFormData" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="noPunctuationKerning" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="characterSpacingControl" type="CT_CharacterSpacing" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="printTwoOnOne" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="strictFirstAndLastChars" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="noLineBreaksAfter" type="CT_Kinsoku" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="noLineBreaksBefore" type="CT_Kinsoku" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="savePreviewPicture" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotValidateAgainstSchema" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="saveInvalidXml" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="ignoreMixedContent" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="alwaysShowPlaceholderText" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotDemarcateInvalidXml" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="saveXmlDataOnly" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="useXSLTWhenSaving" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="saveThroughXslt" type="CT_SaveThroughXslt" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="showXMLTags" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="alwaysMergeEmptyNamespace" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="updateFields" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="hdrShapeDefaults" type="CT_ShapeDefaults" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="footnotePr" type="CT_FtnDocProps" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="endnotePr" type="CT_EdnDocProps" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="compat" type="CT_Compat" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="docVars" type="CT_DocVars" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="rsids" type="CT_DocRsids" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element ref="m:mathPr" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="attachedSchema" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element name="themeFontLang" type="CT_Language" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="clrSchemeMapping" type="CT_ColorSchemeMapping" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotIncludeSubdocsInStats" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotAutoCompressPictures" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="forceUpgrade" type="CT_Empty" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="captions" type="CT_Captions" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="readModeInkLockDown" type="CT_ReadingModeInkLockDown" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="smartTagType" type="CT_SmartTagType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xsd:element ref="sl:schemaLibrary" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="shapeDefaults" type="CT_ShapeDefaults" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="doNotEmbedSmartTags" type="CT_OnOff" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="decimalSymbol" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
<xsd:element name="listSeparator" type="CT_String" minOccurs="0"/>
</xsd:sequence>
</xsd:complexType>