File APIs for Word/Excel/PowerPoint/PDF

  Excel files can be saved in different formats depending on the version of Microsoft Excel and the application that generates them. Among these formats, .xls and .xlsx are the two most commonly used. The .xls format was used by older versions of Excel, while .xlsx became the default format after Excel 2007. Although .xlsx is now widely used, .xls files can still be found in many existing systems and applications. When working with Excel files in Python, converting between these two formats is sometimes necessary, especially when dealing with legacy files or applications with specific format requirements. This article shows how to convert .xls files to .xlsx and .xlsx files to .xls using Python. Why Convert between XLS and XLSX? The .xlsx format provides several improvements over the older .xls format: Higher capacity : .xlsx supports more rows and columns than .xls . Better compatibility : It works better with newer versions of Excel and other spreadsheet applicatio...

Word files may contain screenshots, product photos, diagrams, logos, and other embedded images. When these images need to be reused separately, saving them one by one from Microsoft Word is inefficient, especially when a document contains dozens of pictures. This article shows how to extract images from Word documents with Python and save them as separate image files. Prerequisites Make sure Python is installed on your computer, then install the required package: pip install Spire.Doc Step 1: Load the Word Document in Python First, import the required modules and load the document with the LoadFromFile method: import queue from spire.doc import * from spire.doc.common import * doc = Document () doc . LoadFromFile ( " Sample.docx " ) The document is now available for traversing its internal objects. Step 2: Find Images in the Word Document Images in a Word document are represented as DocPicture objects. Because pictures may appear inside different document ob...