How do I extract data from a doc/docx file using Python

Question

I know there are similar questions out there, but I couldn\'t find something that would answer my prayers. What I need is a way to access certain data from MS-Word files and

Answer 1

A more simple library with image extraction capability.

pip install docx2txt

Then use below code to read docx file.

import docx2txt
text = docx2txt.process("file.docx")