DOCX Manipulation: Read, Write & Format Word Documents

What This Skill Does

Full-featured Word document manipulation — read, create, edit, and format .docx files. Handles everything from simple text extraction to complex document generation with tables of contents, headers, page numbers, and letterheads.

When to Use It

• Any task where a Word document is the input or output
• Creating professional documents with formatting (reports, memos, letters)
• Extracting or reorganizing content from existing .docx files
• Find-and-replace operations across Word documents
• Working with tracked changes or comments
• Inserting or replacing images in documents

Key Operations

Reading Documents

Extract text, tables, images, and metadata from existing Word files. Parse structured content while preserving formatting context.

Creating Documents

Generate polished documents from scratch with proper heading hierarchy, table of contents, page numbers, and professional styling.

Editing Documents

Modify existing documents — update text, add sections, change formatting, insert images — without losing the original structure.

When NOT to Use

• PDFs — use the PDF skill instead
• Google Docs — requires Google API integration
• Spreadsheets — use the XLSX/spreadsheet skill
• Plain text files — no skill needed