How to convert RTF to Docx in Python

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I'm using doxygen to generate rtf output, but I need the rtf converted to docx in an automated way using python to run on a build system.

  • Input: example.rtf

  • Output: example.docx

I don't want to change any of the styling, formatting, or content. Just do a direct conversion. The same way it would be done manually by opening the .rtf in word and then doing SaveAs .docx

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2 Answers

I spent a lot of time and energy trying to figure this out, so I thought I would post the question and solution for the community. It was actually very simple in the end, but took a long time to find the correct information to accomplish this.

This solution requires the following:

  • Python 3.x
  • PyWin32 module
  • Windows 10 environment (haven't tried it with other flavors of Windows)
#convert rtf to docx and embed all pictures in the final document
def ConvertRtfToDocx(rootDir, file):
    word = win32com.client.Dispatch("Word.Application")
    wdFormatDocumentDefault = 16
    wdHeaderFooterPrimary = 1
    doc = word.Documents.Open(rootDir + "\\" + file)
    for pic in doc.InlineShapes:
        pic.LinkFormat.SavePictureWithDocument = True
    for hPic in doc.sections(1).headers(wdHeaderFooterPrimary).Range.InlineShapes:
        hPic.LinkFormat.SavePictureWithDocument = True
    doc.SaveAs(str(rootDir + "\\refman.docx"), FileFormat=wdFormatDocumentDefault)
    doc.Close()
    word.Quit()

As rtf can't have embedded images, this also takes any images from RTF and embeds them into the resulting word docx, so there are no external image reference dependencies.

user_47136870

I had a similar issue like above so I thought I would post an alternative way to solve the problem:

You can use the following to save files like .rtf (or other) to any format you are able to save/open within the Word application (such as '.docx', '.rtf', '.doc', '.vcf', '.txt', '.odt' etc. )

For that just change the ending from '.doc' in new_file_abs to '.docx' or other!

You need to have Word installed.

(Optionally I attached how to convert to .pdf)

You need to pip install:

pip install pywin32
pip install docx2pdf (optional if you need to have pdf)

Convert .rtf -> .doc / or any other Word-Format.

from glob import glob
import re
import os
import win32com.client as win32
from win32com.client import constants


def change_word_format(file_path):
    word = win32.gencache.EnsureDispatch('Word.Application')
    doc = word.Documents.Open(file_path)
    doc.Activate()

    # Rename path with .doc
    new_file_abs = os.path.abspath(file_path)
    new_file_abs = re.sub(r'\.\w+$', '.doc', new_file_abs)

    # Save and Close
    word.ActiveDocument.SaveAs(
        new_file_abs, FileFormat=constants.wdFormatDocument
    )
    doc.Close(False)

Optional if PDF is needed .docx -> .pdf

from docx2pdf import convert

def docx_to_pdf(ori_file, new_file):
     convert(ori_file, new_file)
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