fancydocx 0.1.0

Convert fancy .docx files into a single self-contained HTML file. Pure Python, no LibreOffice.

fancydocx

Convert fancy, design-heavy Word (.docx) files into a single, self-contained HTML file, with all styling, images and fonts inlined. It is a from-scratch reader for the Office Open XML format, written in pure Python. No LibreOffice, no Word, and no third-party dependencies.

Features

• Tables, columns, shapes, text boxes and floating images
• Theme colours, fonts and the full paragraph/run style cascade
• Bullet and numbered lists, hyperlinks, headers and footers
• Embedded fonts are recovered and inlined automatically
• Batch conversion from a simple command-line tool

Installation

pip install fancydocx

Usage

In Python:

import fancydocx

fancydocx.convert("resume.docx", "resume.html")   # write a file
html = fancydocx.convert("resume.docx")           # or return a string

From the command line:

fancydocx resume.docx -o resume.html
fancydocx ./documents -o ./html --workers 8       # convert a folder

Requirements

Python 3.8 or newer. The library uses only the standard library.

Notes

• Text renders with the document's own fonts when they are installed on the viewer's machine; pass --embed-fonts to inline them for portability.
• EMF/WMF vector images are shown as placeholders, as browsers cannot display them.

License

MIT. See the LICENSE file.