feat: Add converter for legacy .doc files via unword#2058
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Adds a DocConverter that converts legacy Microsoft Word 97-2003 (.doc, OLE/CFB binary) files to Markdown using the `unword` package, addressing the long-standing request in microsoft#23. - New DocConverter (extension `.doc` / mimetype `application/msword`), registered after DocxConverter and gated behind an optional `[doc]` extra (`unword>=0.2.2`). - Preserves heading levels; optional `keep_textboxes` kwarg (default True) appends extracted textbox contents. - Adds a test fixture and test vector. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
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desperately would love this to be merged in!!!! Such a big unlock |
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Hi @afourney @yungshinlintw could you please review? 🙏 |
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Summary
Adds support for converting legacy Microsoft Word 97-2003
.docfiles (OLE/CFB binary format) to Markdown, addressing the long-standing request in #23.The conversion uses
unword— a small, Rust-backed Python package with no external binary dependencies (no LibreOffice/COM/antiword). unword is shipped on PyPI with the Rust libraries compiled for Windows, Mac and Linux.Doc parsing is fully handled by unword (built with Claude Code using the the legacy Microsoft Word Specification published by Microsoft ). So this PR stays very small.