Python & MS Word: Convert .doc to .docx?
You are working with Linux/ubuntu, you can use LibreOffice’s inbuilt converter.
SYNTAX
lowriter --convert-to docx *.doc
Example
lowriter --convert-to docx testdoc.doc
This will convert all doc files to docx and save in the same folder itself.
Is there any package for converting doc file to docx format using python programming in Azure?
There are few approaches:
- with unoconv:
unoconv -d document --format=docx test.doc - with lowriter:
lowriter --convert-to docx test.doc - with soffice:
soffice --headless --convert-to docx test.doc - with libreoffice:
libreoffice --convert-to docx test.doc
You can run these command directly from your terminal but if you want you can integrated them into python as described here:
#!/usr/bin/env python
import glob
import subprocess
for doc in glob.iglob("*.doc"):
subprocess.call(['soffice', '--headless', '--convert-to', 'docx', doc])
In the example I'm using soffice but you can now substitute unoconv, lowriter or libreoffice.
Convert .doc files in .docx in windows programatically using Python
Try win32com.client instead of just win32com
import win32com.client
word = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.application")
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