How to Work with Core Document Management in Python

How to Work with Core Document Management

This guide shows how to load Word documents and convert them to PDF, Markdown, and plain text using Aspose.Words FOSS for Python.

Prerequisites

Install the library:

pip install aspose-words-foss>=26.4.0

Requires Python 3.10 or later.

Load a Document

Create a Document object by passing a file path. Supported input formats include DOCX, DOC, RTF, TXT, and Markdown.

import aspose.words_foss as aw

doc = aw.Document("input.docx")

Convert to PDF

Call save() with SaveFormat.PDF:

import aspose.words_foss as aw

doc = aw.Document("input.docx")
doc.save("output.pdf", aw.SaveFormat.PDF)

Convert to Markdown

Use SaveFormat.MARKDOWN to export to Markdown:

import aspose.words_foss as aw

doc = aw.Document("input.docx")  # or .doc, .rtf, .txt, .md
doc.save("output.md", aw.SaveFormat.MARKDOWN)

Extract Text

Use Document.get_text() to extract all text content:

import aspose.words_foss as aw

doc = aw.Document("input.docx")
text = doc.get_text()

Summary