Word to Text Extractor

Extract plain text content from .docx Word documents directly in your browser using mammoth.js. No server upload needed.

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1. Upload a .docx Word file by clicking the drop zone or dragging the document into it. 2. Wait for mammoth.js to parse the document and extract all text content. 3. Review the extracted plain text, which preserves paragraph breaks, list formatting, and table structure. 4. Copy the text to your clipboard using the copy button, or select specific sections manually. 5. Optionally download the complete extracted text as a .txt file for use in other applications.

About This Tool

The Word to Text Extractor pulls plain text content from Microsoft Word .docx files without needing Word installed or any server-side processing. Drop a .docx file into the tool, and it extracts all readable text - paragraphs, headings, lists, tables, and footnotes - into clean, copyable plain text that you can use anywhere.

Extracting text from Word documents is useful in many scenarios: feeding content into a text analysis tool, migrating content to a new platform, converting documentation to a simpler format, or simply copying text from a file when you do not have Word installed. This tool handles the extraction using mammoth.js, a library specifically designed for accurate .docx parsing.

The extractor preserves the logical structure of your document, maintaining paragraph breaks and list formatting in the plain text output. Tables are converted to a readable text representation with aligned columns. Headers, footers, and footnotes are included as separate sections. The tool processes everything client-side, so your documents remain completely private and never leave your device.

Frequently Asked Questions

The tool supports .docx files (Word 2007 and later). The older .doc format (Word 97-2003) is not supported because it uses a proprietary binary format that cannot be reliably parsed in the browser. Convert .doc files to .docx in Word or LibreOffice first.
The output is plain text, so visual formatting like bold, italic, and underline is stripped. However, structural elements like headings, paragraphs, lists, and tables are preserved using plain text formatting conventions.
No. This tool extracts text content only. Images, charts, and other embedded objects are not included in the output. For image extraction, open the .docx file as a ZIP archive and look in the word/media folder.
Tables are converted to a readable plain text format with columns separated by tab characters. Each row appears on its own line, and the tabular structure is maintained so you can paste the result into a spreadsheet or other tool.
No. The extraction happens entirely in your browser using the mammoth.js library. Your Word document is processed locally on your device and never sent to any server.

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