Docx to Markdown and Front Matter

Docx to Markdown and Front Matter

[Doeke Zanstra]

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I'm converting docx to markdown, and I need a YAML front matter heading 
just before the markdown. I recently learnt to do this with the 
--stand-alone argument.

However, it is opaque how this exactly works. I only get front matter when 
the first paragraph is styled with the "Title" style (actually the Dutch 
localized "Titel" style). 

Are there other options available to get more meta-data out of the Word 
document? Via Word on macOS via the menu Archive > Properties > Summary, 
there are all kinds of meta data which could be useful as front matter:

- Titel
- Subject
- Author
- Manager
- Company
- Category
- Keywords
- Remarks
- Hyperlink base

Can this be used? Or are there other ways to get meta-data out of Word? 
Or would this need a feature request in pandoc?

Thanks in advance,
Doeke Zanstra


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Re: Docx to Markdown and Front Matter

[John MacFarlane]

There are already some issues on the tracker that seem
relevant, e.g. #3109, #3034

Doeke Zanstra <doeke-5rSQWjF5bFWbyly6AaOUig@public.gmane.org> writes:

> I'm converting docx to markdown, and I need a YAML front matter heading 
> just before the markdown. I recently learnt to do this with the 
> --stand-alone argument.
>
> However, it is opaque how this exactly works. I only get front matter when 
> the first paragraph is styled with the "Title" style (actually the Dutch 
> localized "Titel" style). 
>
> Are there other options available to get more meta-data out of the Word 
> document? Via Word on macOS via the menu Archive > Properties > Summary, 
> there are all kinds of meta data which could be useful as front matter:
>
> - Titel
> - Subject
> - Author
> - Manager
> - Company
> - Category
> - Keywords
> - Remarks
> - Hyperlink base
>
> Can this be used? Or are there other ways to get meta-data out of Word? 
> Or would this need a feature request in pandoc?
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Doeke Zanstra
>
>
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Re: Docx to Markdown and Front Matter

[BPJ]

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At one point I experimented with a LibreOffice (or was it as long ago as
OpenOffice?) macro which pulled out metadata and put it as lines of KEY:
VALUE pairs at the top of the text. Not really successful but you might
have better luck with python-docx.


Den mån 26 apr. 2021 08:02John MacFarlane <jgm-TVLZxgkOlNX2fBVCVOL8/A@public.gmane.org> skrev:

>
> There are already some issues on the tracker that seem
> relevant, e.g. #3109, #3034
>
> Doeke Zanstra <doeke-5rSQWjF5bFWbyly6AaOUig@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
> > I'm converting docx to markdown, and I need a YAML front matter heading
> > just before the markdown. I recently learnt to do this with the
> > --stand-alone argument.
> >
> > However, it is opaque how this exactly works. I only get front matter
> when
> > the first paragraph is styled with the "Title" style (actually the Dutch
> > localized "Titel" style).
> >
> > Are there other options available to get more meta-data out of the Word
> > document? Via Word on macOS via the menu Archive > Properties > Summary,
> > there are all kinds of meta data which could be useful as front matter:
> >
> > - Titel
> > - Subject
> > - Author
> > - Manager
> > - Company
> > - Category
> > - Keywords
> > - Remarks
> > - Hyperlink base
> >
> > Can this be used? Or are there other ways to get meta-data out of Word?
> > Or would this need a feature request in pandoc?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> > Doeke Zanstra
> >
> >
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