DOCX

Practical patterns for reading, writing, and templating Microsoft Word .docx files.

Prerequisites

• Python 3.9+
• Pick libraries by task:
  • python-docx -- read/write paragraphs, runs, tables, sections, headers/footers
  • docxtpl -- Jinja2-style templating on top of a designer-authored .docx
  • mammoth -- convert .docx -> clean HTML or Markdown (drops most styling)
  • pandoc (CLI) -- convert between Markdown / HTML / .docx reliably

When to Use

• Input or output of the task is a .docx file
• You need to generate a Word report (proposals, contracts, briefs)
• You need to extract text or tables from Word for downstream processing
• You need to merge a data row set into a designer-authored template