# DOCX Reading and Quick Reference

## Overview

A .docx file is a ZIP archive containing XML files.

## Quick Reference

| Task | Approach |
|------|----------|
| Read/analyze content | `pandoc` or unpack for raw XML |
| Create new document | Use `docx-js` - see [docx-creating.md](docx-creating.md) |
| Edit existing document | Unpack, edit XML, repack - see [docx-editing.md](docx-editing.md) |

### Converting .doc to .docx

Legacy `.doc` files must be converted before editing:

```bash
python scripts/office/soffice.py --headless --convert-to docx document.doc
```

### Reading Content

```bash
# Text extraction with tracked changes
pandoc --track-changes=all document.docx -o output.md

# Raw XML access
python scripts/office/unpack.py document.docx unpacked/
```

### Converting to Images

```bash
python scripts/office/soffice.py --headless --convert-to pdf document.docx
pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 document.pdf page
```

### Accepting Tracked Changes

To produce a clean document with all tracked changes accepted (requires LibreOffice):

```bash
python scripts/accept_changes.py input.docx output.docx
```

## Dependencies

- **pandoc**: Text extraction
- **docx**: `npm install -g docx` (new documents)
- **LibreOffice**: PDF conversion (auto-configured for sandboxed environments via `scripts/office/soffice.py`)
- **Poppler**: `pdftoppm` for images