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# DOCX Processing ## Workflow Decision Tree - **Reading/Analyzing**: Use text extraction or raw XML access - **Creating New Document**: Use docx-js (JavaScript) - **Editing Existing**: Use OOXML editing or redlining workflow ## Reading Content ### Text Extraction with Pandoc ```bash # Convert to markdown with tracked changes pandoc --track-changes=all file.docx -o output.md ``` ### Raw XML Access ```bash # Unpack document unzip document.docx -d unpacked/ # Key files: # word/document.xml - Main content # word/comments.xml - Comments # word/media/ - Images ``` ## Creating New Documents (docx-js) ```javascript import { Document, Paragraph, TextRun, Packer } from 'docx'; import fs from 'fs'; const doc = new Document({ sections: [{ children: [ new Paragraph({ children: [ new TextRun({ text: "Hello ", bold: true }), new TextRun({ text: "World", italics: true }) ] }) ] }] }); const buffer = await Packer.toBuffer(doc); fs.writeFileSync('document.docx', buffer); ``` ## Editing Existing Documents ### Simple Edits 1. Unpack: `unzip doc.docx -d unpacked/` 2. Edit `word/document.xml` 3. Repack: `cd unpacked && zip -r ../edited.docx .` ### Tracked Changes (Redlining) For professional documents, use tracked changes: ```xml <!-- Deletion --> <w:del w:author="Author" w:date="2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"> <w:r><w:delText>old text</w:delText></w:r> </w:del> <!-- Insertion --> <w:ins w:author="Author" w:date="2025-01-01T00:00:00Z"> <w:r><w:t>new text</w:t></w:r> </w:ins> ``` ## Converting to Images ```bash # DOCX to PDF soffice --headless --convert-to pdf document.docx # PDF to images pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 document.pdf page ``` ## Best Practices - Use Pandoc for text extraction - Use docx-js for creating new documents - For legal/business docs, always use tracked changes - Preserve original RSIDs when editing