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How can I extract specific number of words after a keyword in a word document ?

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  • AS-06081019-0 Profile Picture
    1,736 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    Use below

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  • GanCW Profile Picture
    237 on at

    How do I access text in a docx file ? It seems to be encoded.

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    GanCW Profile Picture
    237 on at

    I found the solution in PAD documentation.

     

    Extract text from a Word document using VBScript - Power Automate | Microsoft Docs

  • takolota1 Profile Picture
    4,980 Moderator on at

    You could also use the OneDrive action to convert a given word document to a pdf, then use parts of this template to either extract exact data values from the document or just get the entire file contents as a text replica:

    https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Power-Automate-Cookbook/Extract-Data-From-PDFs-and-Images-With-GPT/td-p/2201345

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