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Extract text from a DOCX file to include in the body of an email.

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Posted on by NM-13080814-0 2

I am developing a flow that sends an email to designated recipients whenever a DOCX file is uploaded to a SharePoint library. I want the email to include an excerpt from the DOCX file, specifically the executive summary on the first page. So far, I have been able to extract the text from the document, but I am losing all formatting—such as bold text, bullet points, and other styles—in the email. Does anyone have suggestions on how to preserve the formatting when including the excerpt?

 
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    NM-13080814-0 2 on at
    Extract text from a DOCX file to include in the body of an email.
    thank you for your answer, but I unfortunately have to work without Azure functions
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    takolota1 4,931 Moderator on at
    Extract text from a DOCX file to include in the body of an email.
    The text styling isn’t directly on the text extracted & it may be challenging to handle the logic to apply it to the extracted text.
    I suggest instead of extracting from the Word file you convert the Word file to HTML & then take the segment of HTML text you need as that should have the styling with the text.
     
    If you have an Azure account then this Function App template includes a Word to HTML function

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