Docx

This handles creating, reading, and editing Word documents through Claude. It's built around the docx-js library for generation and pandoc for reading, with solid coverage of the annoying parts: tracked changes, proper table formatting with dual width specs, page size defaults (watch out, docx-js defaults to A4 not Letter), and list numbering that actually works instead of unicode bullet hacks. The documentation is thorough on validation workflows and includes a Python helper for accepting all tracked changes via LibreOffice. Use this when you need programmatic Word document manipulation, not just text file generation. The XML unpacking approach for edits is old school but reliable.

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last updated: Aug 21, 2026

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Install

$ npx -y skills add davila7/claude-code-templates --skill docx --agent claude-code

Installs into .claude/skills of the current project.

Files

DOCX creation, editing, and analysis

Overview

A .docx file is a ZIP archive containing XML files.

Quick Reference

Task	Approach
Read/analyze content	`pandoc` or unpack for raw XML
Create new document	Use `docx-js` - see Creating New Documents below
Edit existing document	Unpack → edit XML → repack - see Editing Existing Documents below

Converting .doc to .docx

Legacy .doc files must be converted before editing:

python scripts/office/soffice.py --headless --convert-to docx document.doc

Reading Content

# Text extraction with tracked changes
pandoc --track-changes=all document.docx -o output.md

# Raw XML access
python scripts/office/unpack.py document.docx unpacked/

Converting to Images

python scripts/office/soffice.py --headless --convert-to pdf document.docx
pdftoppm -jpeg -r 150 document.pdf page

Accepting Tracked Changes

To produce a clean document with all tracked changes accepted (requires LibreOffice):

python scripts/accept_changes.py input.docx output.docx

Creating New Documents

SKILL.md on GitHub

Details

Repository: github.com/davila7/claude-code-templates
Categories: Documentation, Office & Documents
First seen: Jun 3, 2026