# How convert docx and odt into pure text?

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**Category:** General Usage\
**Created:** [March 8, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-convert-docx-and-odt-into-pure-text/35734 "2020-03-08T22:41:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Darione](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/darione/32/12160_2.png) [@Darione](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Darione)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 10:41pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-convert-docx-and-odt-into-pure-text/35734/1 "2020-03-08T22:41:05Z")

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Hi,  
how can i convert a .docx (or .odt) file into pure text, in Julia?

Many thanks

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**Author:** ![pdeffebach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/pdeffebach/32/10320_2.png) [@pdeffebach](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/pdeffebach)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 10:57pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-convert-docx-and-odt-into-pure-text/35734/2 "2020-03-08T22:57:43Z")

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I don’t think there is anything in Julia that has that at the moment. Your best bet right now is to use pandoc.

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**Author:** ![baggepinnen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/baggepinnen/32/693_2.png) [@baggepinnen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/baggepinnen)\
**Post date:** [March 8, 2020, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-convert-docx-and-odt-into-pure-text/35734/3 "2020-03-08T23:05:15Z")

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> **[GitHub - aviks/Taro.jl: Read and write Excel, Word and PDF documents in Julia](https://github.com/aviks/Taro.jl)**
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