[R] Can R read Word fonts and comments?

[David Winsemius]

It’s my understanding that docx and xlsx files are zipped containers that have their data in XML files. You should try unzipping one and examining it with a viewer. You may then be able to use pkg:XML.

— 
David.

> On Jul 1, 2016, at 3:13 PM, Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> No, sorry -- all I would do is search.
> 
> -- Bert
> 
> 
> Bert Gunter
> 
> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
> and sticking things into it."
> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
> 
> 
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 2:33 PM, John <miaojpm at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Yes, I have done some search (e.g., tm, markdown, etc), but I can't find
>> this function.
>> If you know any package that works for this purpose, that would be quite
>> helpful.
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> John
>> 
>> 2016-06-28 16:50 GMT-07:00 Bert Gunter <bgunter.4567 at gmail.com>:
>>> 
>>> Did you try searching before posting here? -- e.g. a web search or on
>>> rseek.org ?
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Bert
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Bert Gunter
>>> 
>>> "The trouble with having an open mind is that people keep coming along
>>> and sticking things into it."
>>> -- Opus (aka Berkeley Breathed in his "Bloom County" comic strip )
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue, Jun 28, 2016 at 3:53 PM, John <miaojpm at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>> 
>>>>   From time to time I highlight the word documents with red/blue color
>>>> or
>>>> italic/bold fonts, and I also add comments to a file. Is there a
>>>> package/function to let R extract the italic/bold blue/red words and
>>>> comments from a docx/doc file?
>>>> 
>>>>   I am aware that there are a few packages reading Word, but don't know
>>>> which one is able to do it.
>>>> 
>>>>   Thanks,
>>>> 
>>>> John
>>>> 
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