docxlatex 0.1.0

Extract text from .docx files with support for inserted equations

docxlatex

A python library for extracting text from .docx files with LaTeX support

Influenced by python-docx and python-docx2txt. This project aims to expand the above libraries' functionality by allowing you to extract the equations in a .docx file and converts them to valid LaTeX, primarily for use with MathJax.

docxlatex DOES NOT convert the entire .docx file to a LaTeX source file.

Installation

Install using pip
pip install docxlatex

Usage

Import the Document class from docxlatex

from docxlatex import Document

Create a Document object, giving it the path to the .docx file, and call the get_text() method

doc = Document("path/to/document")
text = doc.get_text()

You can also set some settings on the Document object to customize behaviour, like setting the delimiters that will go before and after an equation, and flags to extract header and footer text.

doc.get_header_text = True # False by default
doc.get_footer_text = True # False by default
doc.inline_delimiter = "%" # "$" by default
doc.block_delimiter = "%%" # "$$" by default

Limitation

docxlatex currently requires all the mathematical equations in the .docx document to be converted into linear format to extract successfully. I am adding support for equations in the professional format right now. Soon you will be able to use it without having to use this workaround, but for now, open the .docx file in Word, click on any equation, click on the right context menu > All - linear.

TODOs

• Extract all images present in the file and return them as file-like objects
• Add support for equations in professional formatting
• Clean up equations in linear format that do not directly convert to valid LaTeX