doc2txt

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doc2txt

A native Go reader for the old Microsoft Word .doc binary format files

Example usage:

f, _ := os.Open(`testData\simpleDoc.doc`)
buf, err := ParseDoc(f)
if err != nil {
  // handle error
}
// buf now contains an io.Reader which you can save to the file system or further transform

Special Thanks

A great big thank you to Richard Lehane. His (https://github.com/richardlehane/mscfb got me started, his https://github.com/richardlehane/doctool project got me closer and his answer to questions via email helped get me to the finish line. Thanks Richard!

Documentation

Index

• func ParseDoc(r io.Reader) (io.Reader, error)

Functions

func ParseDoc

func ParseDoc(r io.Reader) (io.Reader, error)

ParseDoc converts a standard io.Reader from a Microsoft Word .doc binary file and returns a reader (actually a bytes.Buffer) which will output the plain text found in the .doc file