How to convert doc to docx file using R code

Asked Apr 04 '17 at 17:50

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I tried to read doc file using readdoc() but when doc file consist of tables, it will not able read it properly.

Therefore I want to convert doc file to docx file so that I can extract tables using docxtractr package availabe in R.

I want to convert .doc file to .docx file using R code.

edited Apr 04 '17 at 21:11

hrbrmstr

asked Apr 04 '17 at 17:50

vinodetrx

I thought docx tables were just compressed XML files. – IRTFM Apr 04 '17 at 18:32
Look at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19491987/reading-and-scanning-ms-word-doc-files-in-r – G. Grothendieck Apr 04 '17 at 18:36
Run a `system2()` command to call the command-line outlined here https://ask.libreoffice.org/en/question/49770/batch-headless-conversion-from-doc-to-docx/ – hrbrmstr Apr 04 '17 at 21:08

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