Word to JSON

Turn a Word document into JSON in reading order

Word documents hold more structure than they show: heading levels, list nesting, tables and document properties. Word to JSON reads a .docx file and writes that structure out as JSON, so a report or a contract can be processed by code instead of copied by hand.

Upload the .docx file. The result has a source block with the title, author, dates, word count and the number of tables and images, followed by a blocks array in the order the document reads. A heading block carries its level, a paragraph block its text and, when it uses a named style such as Quote, the style name. Bullet and numbered lists become list blocks with an item level for nested lists. Every table becomes a table block with a header row and typed rows, so a column of amounts arrives as numbers, not text. Pictures are noted as image blocks.

The format is the same document envelope that PDF to JSON writes, described in the JSON guide, so the same code handles both kinds of file. Text inside text boxes, headers and footers is not part of the export, and tracked changes should be accepted in Word before converting. Older .doc files must be saved as .docx first. To go the other way use JSON to Word, and for a plain text version of the document use Word to Markdown.