How to convert .doc file to .txt in Python

[subhabrat...@gmail.com]

Dear Group,

I was trying to convert .doc file to .txt file.

I got of python-docx, zipfile but they do not seem to help me much.

You may kindly suggest how to convert from .doc to .docx/.html/.pdf/.rtf as from them I am being able to convert to .txt.

If any one of the Python experts may kindly help me.

Regards,
Subhabrata Banerjee.

[subhabrat...@gmail.com]

I could do one it seems running with
>>> import win32com.client as win32
>>> word = win32.Dispatch("Word.Application")
>>> word.Visible = 0
>>> word.Documents.Open("/python27/Document1.doc")
<COMObject Open>
>>> doc = word.ActiveDocument

seems working. You may suggest better.

[Tim Golden]

There are several approaches, but this one will work (assuming you are
on Windows and have the pywin32 package installed):

<code>
import os
import win32com.client

DOC_FILEPATH = "c:/temp/something.docx"
doc = win32com.client.GetObject(DOC_FILEPATH)
text = doc.Range().Text

#
# do something with the text...
#
with open("something.txt", "wb") as f:
f.write(text.encode("utf-8"))

os.startfile("something.txt")

</code>

TJG

[Tim Chase]

On 2015-04-09 03:25, subhabrat...@gmail.com wrote:
> You may kindly suggest how to convert from .doc
> to .docx/.html/.pdf/.rtf as from them I am being able to convert
> to .txt.

Use an external tool such as "wv", "antiword", or "catdoc" that has
already done the hard work for you.

-tkc

[subhabrat...@gmail.com]

On Thursday, April 9, 2015 at 4:23:55 PM UTC+5:30, Tim Golden wrote:

Thanks Tim it is slightly better than my solution.