Simple Text Extraction From a Word Document

Provides a simple method to get text from a docx document. It returns a character vector containing all chunk of text found in the document.

text_extract(x, body = TRUE, header = TRUE, footer = TRUE, bookmark)

Arguments

x	docx object
body	specifies to scan document body
header	specifies to scan document header
footer	specifies to scan document footer
bookmark	a character value ; id of the Word bookmark to scan.

Value

a character vector

See also

docx, list_bookmarks

Examples

doc <- docx( title = "My example", template = file.path(
  system.file(package = "ReporteRs"), "templates/bookmark_example.docx") )
text_extract( doc )
#>   [1] "My"                     " rep"                   "ort"                   
#>   [4] "PLOT"                   "Illud"                  " "                     
#>   [7] "tamen"                  " "                      "clausos"               
#>  [10] " "                      "vehementer"             " "                     
#>  [13] "angebat"                " quod "                 "captis"                
#>  [16] " "                      "navigiis"               ", "                    
#>  [19] "quae"                   " "                      "frumenta"              
#>  [22] " "                      "vehebant"               " per "                 
#>  [25] "flumen"                 ", "                     "Isauri"                
#>  [28] " "                      "quidem"                 " "                     
#>  [31] "alimentorum"            " "                      "copiis"                
#>  [34] " "                      "adfluebant"             ", "                    
#>  [37] "ipsi"                   " "                      "vero"                  
#>  [40] " "                      "solitarum"              " "                     
#>  [43] "rerum"                  " "                      "cibos"                 
#>  [46] " "                      "iam"                    " "                     
#>  [49] "consumendo"             " "                      "inediae"               
#>  [52] " "                      "propinquantis"          " "                     
#>  [55] "aerumnas"               " "                      "exitialis"             
#>  [58] " "                      "horrebant"              "."                     
#>  [61] "Illud"                  " "                      "tamen"                 
#>  [64] " "                      "clausos"                " "                     
#>  [67] "vehementer"             " "                      "angebat"               
#>  [70] " quod "                 "captis"                 " "                     
#>  [73] "navigiis"               ", "                     "quae"                  
#>  [76] " "                      "frumenta"               " "                     
#>  [79] "vehebant"               " per "                  "flumen"                
#>  [82] ", "                     "Isauri"                 " "                     
#>  [85] "quidem"                 " "                      "alimentorum"           
#>  [88] " "                      "copiis"                 " "                     
#>  [91] "adfluebant"             ", "                     "ipsi"                  
#>  [94] " "                      "vero"                   " "                     
#>  [97] "solitarum"              " "                      "rerum"                 
#> [100] " "                      "cibos"                  " "                     
#> [103] "iam"                    " "                      "consumendo"            
#> [106] " "                      "inediae"                " "                     
#> [109] "propinquantis"          " "                      "aerumnas"              
#> [112] " "                      "exitialis"              " "                     
#> [115] "horrebant"              "."                      "Below"                 
#> [118] " a table"               "Illud"                  " "                     
#> [121] "tamen"                  " "                      "clausos"               
#> [124] " "                      "vehementer"             " "                     
#> [127] "angebat"                " quod "                 "captis"                
#> [130] " "                      "navigiis"               ", "                    
#> [133] "quae"                   " "                      "frumenta"              
#> [136] " "                      "vehebant"               " per "                 
#> [139] "flumen"                 ", "                     "Isauri"                
#> [142] " "                      "quidem"                 " "                     
#> [145] "alimentorum"            " "                      "copiis"                
#> [148] " "                      "adfluebant"             ", "                    
#> [151] "ipsi"                   " "                      "vero"                  
#> [154] " "                      "solitarum"              " "                     
#> [157] "rerum"                  " "                      "cibos"                 
#> [160] " "                      "iam"                    " "                     
#> [163] "consumendo"             " "                      "inediae"               
#> [166] " "                      "propinquantis"          " "                     
#> [169] "aerumnas"               " "                      "exitialis"             
#> [172] " "                      "horrebant"              "."                     
#> [175] "Authors"                "Reviewers"              "AUTHOR"                
#> [178] "REVIEWER"               "PAGE   \\* MERGEFORMAT" "1"                     
text_extract( doc, header = FALSE, footer = FALSE )
#>   [1] "My"            " rep"          "ort"           "PLOT"         
#>   [5] "Illud"         " "             "tamen"         " "            
#>   [9] "clausos"       " "             "vehementer"    " "            
#>  [13] "angebat"       " quod "        "captis"        " "            
#>  [17] "navigiis"      ", "            "quae"          " "            
#>  [21] "frumenta"      " "             "vehebant"      " per "        
#>  [25] "flumen"        ", "            "Isauri"        " "            
#>  [29] "quidem"        " "             "alimentorum"   " "            
#>  [33] "copiis"        " "             "adfluebant"    ", "           
#>  [37] "ipsi"          " "             "vero"          " "            
#>  [41] "solitarum"     " "             "rerum"         " "            
#>  [45] "cibos"         " "             "iam"           " "            
#>  [49] "consumendo"    " "             "inediae"       " "            
#>  [53] "propinquantis" " "             "aerumnas"      " "            
#>  [57] "exitialis"     " "             "horrebant"     "."            
#>  [61] "Illud"         " "             "tamen"         " "            
#>  [65] "clausos"       " "             "vehementer"    " "            
#>  [69] "angebat"       " quod "        "captis"        " "            
#>  [73] "navigiis"      ", "            "quae"          " "            
#>  [77] "frumenta"      " "             "vehebant"      " per "        
#>  [81] "flumen"        ", "            "Isauri"        " "            
#>  [85] "quidem"        " "             "alimentorum"   " "            
#>  [89] "copiis"        " "             "adfluebant"    ", "           
#>  [93] "ipsi"          " "             "vero"          " "            
#>  [97] "solitarum"     " "             "rerum"         " "            
#> [101] "cibos"         " "             "iam"           " "            
#> [105] "consumendo"    " "             "inediae"       " "            
#> [109] "propinquantis" " "             "aerumnas"      " "            
#> [113] "exitialis"     " "             "horrebant"     "."            
#> [117] "Below"         " a table"      "Illud"         " "            
#> [121] "tamen"         " "             "clausos"       " "            
#> [125] "vehementer"    " "             "angebat"       " quod "       
#> [129] "captis"        " "             "navigiis"      ", "           
#> [133] "quae"          " "             "frumenta"      " "            
#> [137] "vehebant"      " per "         "flumen"        ", "           
#> [141] "Isauri"        " "             "quidem"        " "            
#> [145] "alimentorum"   " "             "copiis"        " "            
#> [149] "adfluebant"    ", "            "ipsi"          " "            
#> [153] "vero"          " "             "solitarum"     " "            
#> [157] "rerum"         " "             "cibos"         " "            
#> [161] "iam"           " "             "consumendo"    " "            
#> [165] "inediae"       " "             "propinquantis" " "            
#> [169] "aerumnas"      " "             "exitialis"     " "            
#> [173] "horrebant"     "."            
text_extract( doc, bookmark = "author" )
#> [1] "AUTHOR"