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{ "title" : "How do I Convert a Microsoft Word Doc to a Filtered HTML File?" }

How do I Convert a Microsoft Word Doc to a Filtered HTML File?

It is very simple to convert a Word Document to a HTML file on the command line using Docto. You can also do this easily in Microsoft Word, but sometimes it helps to be able to do it from the command line.

The command line below shows how you can convert a Microsoft Word Document to a Filtered HTML File file - HTML.

Command Line

docto -WD -f 'c:\path\Document.doc' -o 'c:\path\Document.HTML' -t wdFormatFilteredHTML

or easier to read

docto -WD  -f 'c:\path\Document.doc' 
           -o 'c:\path\Document.HTML' 
           -t wdFormatFilteredHTML

Command Line Explained

• -WD - This is a conversion using Microsoft Word. This is not required but makes it easier to read
• -f - The File or directory to be converted
• -o - The Output File or Directory where you would like the converted file to be written to.
• -T - The file format type that is being converted to

You can see a list below of other conversion types available.

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• Convert all Word Document in a folder to a HTML file;

Other File Types Available for Conversion

The following values below can be used to convert a Word Document to another file type.

wdFormatDOSTextLineBreaks=5
wdFormatEncodedText=7
wdFormatFilteredHTML=10
wdFormatOpenDocumentText=23
wdFormatHTML=8
wdFormatRTF=6
wdFormatStrictOpenXMLDocument=24
wdFormatTemplate=1
wdFormatText=2
wdFormatTextLineBreaks=3
wdFormatUnicodeText=7
wdFormatWebArchive=9
wdFormatXML=11
wdFormatDocument97=0
wdFormatDocumentDefault=16
wdFormatPDF=17
wdFormatTemplate97=1
wdFormatXMLDocument=12
wdFormatXMLDocumentMacroEnabled=13
wdFormatXMLTemplate=14
wdFormatXMLTemplateMacroEnabled=15
wdFormatXPS=18