R: Read In a MS Word Document

readDOC {tm} | R Documentation

## Read In a MS Word Document

### Description

Return a function which reads in a Microsoft Word document extracting its text.

### Usage

    readDOC(AntiwordOptions = "")

### Arguments

`AntiwordOptions` | Options passed over to `antiword`.

### Details

Formally this function is a function generator, i.e., it returns a function (which reads in a text document) with a well-defined signature, but can access passed over arguments (e.g., options to `antiword`) via lexical scoping.

Note that this MS Word reader needs the tool `antiword` installed and accessible on your system. This can convert documents from Microsoft Word version 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000, 2002 and 2003 to plain text, and is available from http://www.winfield.demon.nl/.

### Value

A `function` with the following formals:

`elem`

  a list with the named component `uri` which must hold a valid file name.

`language`

  a string giving the language.

`id`

  Not used.

The function returns a `PlainTextDocument` representing the text and metadata extracted from `elem$uri`.

### See Also

`Reader` for basic information on the reader infrastructure employed by package tm.

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