Extract Word body text to TXT and check what is missing

Plain text is useful for comparing revisions, searching a passage or reusing approved wording. It does not preserve everything that makes a Word document meaningful. This workflow extracts the main body and asks you to keep the original document for context.

Use a supported DOCX source

Standard DOCX is a structured ZIP package. Old DOC, encrypted files and macro-enabled formats need the original editor. The tool does not execute document macros or follow external hyperlinks. Tracked changes, hidden text, fields and complex alternative content must be resolved in your working copy before conversion.

Check paragraphs and tables

Body paragraphs become lines of text. Simple unmerged table cells are separated with tabs and rows with line breaks. A plain-text editor may not visually align those cells. Use Word tables to Excel when preserving a reusable row-and-column structure is the main requirement.

Account for excluded content

Headers, footers, text boxes, footnotes, comments, images and automatic list numbers are excluded. If a document refers to a numbered clause, losing its generated number may matter. Compare the extraction against the source rather than assuming an apparently complete paragraph list is a complete legal or archival record.

Download a deliberate working copy

Preview is limited to 50,000 characters; TXT contains all accepted body text up to the one-million-character limit. The browser does not save a draft or document history. Download before clearing the workspace, and apply the same care to the text file that you apply to its original, especially before sharing it with another service.