DOCX (Microsoft Word)
A .docx is a ZIP of XML parts. Body text lives in word/document.xml. Two tiers:
- Default —
python-docx(preinstalled): create, read, and simple edits. Use for almost everything. - Advanced — raw OOXML via
zipfile: only for what python-docx cannot express — tracked changes (redlines), comments, and exact-fidelity edits that must preserve every untouched byte. See Raw OOXML.
Work in the current directory (uploaded files land here). Write output to a new filename; don't overwrite the source.
After exec completes, use the Generated artifacts URL from the tool result in the final answer so the user can download the document.
Read / extract
from docx import Document
doc = Document("in.docx")
text = "\n".join(p.text for p in doc.paragraphs) # body paragraphs
for tbl in doc.tables: # tables
for row in tbl.rows:
print([c.text for c in row.cells])
doc.paragraphs skips text inside tables, headers/footers, and text boxes — iterate doc.tables and doc.sections[i].header/.footer for those. Each paragraph's style: p.style.name (e.g. "Heading 1").
To read tracked changes, parse the…
