How to read a Ms Word using MATLAB

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Khairul Afifi
Khairul Afifi on 9 Feb 2015
Answered: TARUN on 5 Feb 2025 at 7:06
Greetings,
I wish to read the Microsoft Word using MATLAB. My filename is GAN_1901.txt. Below is the Ms Word to read by MATLAB.

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TARUN
TARUN on 5 Feb 2025 at 7:06
Hi Khairul,
You can achieve this using “actxserver” function in MATLAB. Here is an example code of how you might read the text from a Word document:
wordApp = actxserver('Word.Application');
filePath = 'C:\path\to\your\document.docx'; % path to your GAN_1901.txt file
document = wordApp.Documents.Open(filePath);
content = document.Content.Text; %reads the text from file.
disp(content);
document.Close;
wordApp.Quit;
Feel free to refer to the “actxserver” documentation here:

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