docx

name	docx
description	Comprehensive Word document toolkit for reading, creating, and editing .docx files. Supports text extraction, document creation with python-docx, and tracked changes via redlining workflow. Use for legal, academic, or professional document manipulation.
type	reference
version	1.1.0
last_updated	"2026-01-02T00:00:00.000Z"
category	data
related_skills	["pdf","pptx","document-inventory"]
capabilities	[]
requires	[]
tags	[]

Docx

Overview

This skill enables comprehensive Word document operations through multiple specialized workflows for reading, creating, and editing documents.

Quick Start

from docx import Document

# Read existing document
doc = Document("document.docx")
for para in doc.paragraphs:
    print(para.text)

# Create new document
doc = Document()
doc.add_heading("My Title", level=0)
doc.add_paragraph("Hello, World!")
doc.save("output.docx")

When to Use

• Extracting text and tables from Word documents
• Creating professional documents programmatically
• Generating reports from templates
• Bulk document processing and modification
• Legal document redlining with tracked changes
• Converting Word documents to other formats
• Adding headers, footers, and page numbers
• Inserting images and tables into documents

Version History

• 1.1.0 (2026-01-02): Added Quick Start, When to Use, Execution Checklist, Error Handling, Metrics sections; updated frontmatter with version, category, related_skills
• 1.0.0 (2024-10-15): Initial release with python-docx, pandoc integration, redlining workflow

Sub-Skills

• Execution Checklist
• Error Handling
• Metrics
• Dependencies

Sub-Skills

• Core Capabilities
• Extract Text with Pandoc (+2)
• Basic Document Creation (+3)
• Modify Existing Document (+1)
• Step 1: Convert to Markdown (+4)
• Extract Metadata
• Working with Headers/Footers