parsing MS word docs -- tutorial request

[Reedick, Andrew]

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> All,
> 
> I am trying to write a script that will parse and extract data from a
> MS Word document.  Can / would anyone refer me to a tutorial on how to
> do that?  (perhaps from tables).  I am aware of, and have downloaded
> the pywin32 extensions, but am unsure of how to proceed -- I'm not
> familiar with the COM API for word, so help for that would also be
> welcome.
> 
> Any help would be appreciated.  Thanks for your attention and
> patience.
> 
> ::bp::
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Word Object Model:
	http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb244515.aspx

Google for sample code to get you started.