Using Python to extract images and text from a word document

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I would like to run a script on a folder full of word documents that reads through the documents and pulls out images and their captions (text right below the images). From the research I've done, I think pywin32 might be a viable solution. I know how to use pywin32 to find strings and pull them out, but I need help with the images part. How can I read through a docx file and have an event occur when an image is found? Thank you for any help! I am using Python 2.7.

score 4 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 03 '11 at 19:39

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Docx files can be unzipped for extracting the images.

answered Aug 03 '11 at 19:39

Kevin C.

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score 3 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Find some inspiration in this post How can I search a word in a Word 2007 .docx file?

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answered Jun 14 '11 at 14:32

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score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 07 '16 at 02:41

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You can use the python module docx2txt for extracting text as well as images from docx files

answered Mar 07 '16 at 02:41

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score -2 · Answer 4 · edited Mar 19 '18 at 13:56

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document =docx.Document(filepath)
for image in document.inline_shapes:
    print (image.width, image.height)

Try this it will work.

edited Mar 19 '18 at 13:56

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answered Mar 19 '18 at 13:39

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Using Python to extract images and text from a word document

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