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Create formatted Word documents

docxskillsetup L1★27,559
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What it does

Create, read, and edit Word documents with formatting and tables

Best for

Programmatically generating professional Word documents with complex formatting (TOC, headings, styled lists, page breaks) when manual editing is infeasible.

Inputs
  • · template .docx file or new document spec
  • · text content
  • · headings, lists, tables
  • · images and page layout
Outputs
  • · .docx file with formatted content
  • · converted PDF/images
  • · tracked changes accepted
Requires
  • · docx-js npm package
  • · optional: LibreOffice for .doc conversion and tracked changes
  • · optional: pandoc for content extraction
Preconditions

Node.js environment; docx-js installed; DXA unit awareness (1440 DXA = 1 inch)

Failure modes

docx-js defaults to A4 not US Letter (must set page size); text field via content not text (silent fail); no tracked-changes API without LibreOffice

Trust signals
  • · Markdown/raw XML reading patterns
  • · Page-size/margin DXA reference table
  • · Pagination and layout guidance
  • · Batch document generation example