Unable to use it for doc type file

[rahulbayer]

I have been trying to use it to convert files to markdown . it works with docx but does not work with doc ? any suggestion to achieve this?

[markthepixel]

Are you using a .docx or a .doc file?

[rahulbayer]

.doc

[markthepixel]

There's another thread about it (please search for it). As its legacy and the libraries to handle it are heavy, so it's on the debate.

The workaround is to convert it first using another library.

[markthepixel]

Found the thread on it: #153

[Roma4455]

good

[dridk]

For legacy binary doc format, you can use
https://github.com/dridk/unword

[yihufree]

You can use this tool

https://github.com/yihufree/AnyToMarkdown

[devv2308]

DOC files are a bit trickier than DOCX because they're based on the older binary Microsoft Word format. Many conversion libraries only support DOCX directly. One approach is to first convert the .doc file to .docx (using Microsoft Word, LibreOffice, or a tool like soffice in headless mode) and then run your Markdown conversion on the resulting DOCX file.

If you're on Linux, LibreOffice can do this from the command line:

soffice --headless --convert-to docx yourfile.doc

After that, convert the generated DOCX to Markdown as usual.

Also, check whether the underlying library you're using explicitly supports the legacy DOC format—many don't, even if DOCX works perfectly.

[dridk]

I updated unword . You can easily convert binary doc to markdown with a simple "pip install unword"

https://github.com/dridk/unword