Extract Text from Word
Copy the document text, with or without structure.
About Extract Text from Word
Extract text from .docx including headers, footers, footnotes, comments and text boxes — content that a plain copy-and-paste often misses. Choose which parts to include and copy the result straight to the clipboard.
Word documents hide text in places the page does not show you: headers, footers, footnotes, comments and text boxes all sit outside the main flow.
This reaches into the container and gets all of it.
- Processed on your deviceEverything you open or type here is handled by this page and never uploaded anywhere.
- No queue, no limitsNothing waits on a server, so the only limit is your own hardware.
- No account neededNo sign-up and no email address required.
How Extract Text from Word works in your browser
Rather than going through a renderer, the .docx is opened as the ZIP of XML parts it actually is, and the parts are read directly — document.xml for the body, but also the header and footer parts, footnotes, endnotes, comments and the text inside drawing shapes.
That is a genuinely different result from ordinary extraction, which reports the reading flow and legitimately omits everything else. A comment left by a reviewer, a name in a footer, or a note in a text box will not appear in a normal text extract and will appear here.
It is worth knowing this cuts both ways. If you are checking a document before sending it, this shows you what a determined recipient can also read — including tracked comments people forget are still attached.
When to use it
Auditing a document for content you did not realise was still in it before sending it out. Recovering reviewer comments from a draft when the discussion matters more than the text. Getting the text of headers and footers, where document control numbers and author names usually live. Extracting labels from diagrams built out of Word text boxes.
Frequently asked questions
How is this different from copy and paste?
Copying from Word gives you the visible body. This also reaches headers, footers, footnotes, comments and text boxes — content that a manual copy routinely misses.
Can I keep the structure?
Yes. Each part you tick — headers, footers, footnotes, endnotes, comments, text boxes — is added under its own labelled divider after the body text. Untick everything but the body for one continuous block.
Does it include tracked changes?
You get the text as it currently stands in the document. To compare two versions, use Compare Word Documents instead.