HTML to DOCX converter
npm install html-to-docxhtml-to-docx
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html-to-docx is a js library for converting HTML documents to DOCX format supported by Microsoft Word 2007+, LibreOffice Writer, Google Docs, WPS Writer etc.
It was inspired by [html-docx-js] project but mitigates the problem of documents generated being non-compatiable with word processors like Google Docs and libreOffice Writer that doesn't support [altchunks] feature.
html-to-docx earlier used to use [libtidy] to clean up the html before parsing, but had to remove it since it was causing so many dependency issues due to node-gyp.
Even though there is an instance of html-to-docx running in production, please ensure that it covers all the cases that you might be encountering usually, since this is not a complete solution.
Currently it doesn't work with browser directly, but it was tested against React.
Use the npm to install foobar.
``bash`
npm install html-to-docx
`js`
await HTMLtoDOCX(htmlString, headerHTMLString, documentOptions, footerHTMLString)
full fledged examples can be found under example/
- htmlString <[String]> clean html string equivalent of document content.headerHTMLString
- <[String]> clean html string equivalent of header. Defaults to
if header flag is true.
- documentOptions [Object]>
- orientation <"portrait"|"landscape"> defines the general orientation of the document. Defaults to portrait.
- pageSize [Object]> Defaults to U.S. letter portrait orientation.
- width <[Number]> width of the page for all pages in this section in [TWIP]. Defaults to 12240. Maximum 31680. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- height <[Number]> height of the page for all pages in this section in [TWIP]. Defaults to 15840. Maximum 31680. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- margins [Object]>
- top <[Number]> distance between the top of the text margins for the main document and the top of the page for all pages in this section in [TWIP]. Defaults to 1440. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- right <[Number]> distance between the right edge of the page and the right edge of the text extents for this document in [TWIP]. Defaults to 1800. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- bottom <[Number]> distance between the bottom of text margins for the document and the bottom of the page in [TWIP]. Defaults to 1440. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- left <[Number]> distance between the left edge of the page and the left edge of the text extents for this document in [TWIP]. Defaults to 1800. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- header <[Number]> distance from the top edge of the page to the top edge of the header in [TWIP]. Defaults to 720. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- footer <[Number]> distance from the bottom edge of the page to the bottom edge of the footer in [TWIP]. Defaults to 720. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- gutter <[Number]> amount of extra space added to the specified margin, above any existing margin values. This setting is typically used when a document is being created for binding in [TWIP]. Defaults to 0. Supports equivalent measurement in [pixel], [cm] or [inch].
- title [String]> title of the document.
- subject [String]> subject of the document.
- creator [String]> creator of the document. Defaults to html-to-docx
- keywords [Array]<[String]>> keywords associated with the document. Defaults to ['html-to-docx'].
- description [String]> description of the document.
- lastModifiedBy [String]> last modifier of the document. Defaults to html-to-docx.
- revision [Number]> revision of the document. Defaults to 1.
- createdAt [Date]> time of creation of the document. Defaults to current time.
- modifiedAt [Date]> time of last modification of the document. Defaults to current time.
- headerType <"default"|"first"|"even"> type of header. Defaults to default.
- header [Boolean]> flag to enable header. Defaults to false.
- footerType <"default"|"first"|"even"> type of footer. Defaults to default.
- footer [Boolean]> flag to enable footer. Defaults to false.
- font [String]> font name to be used. Defaults to Times New Roman.
- fontSize [Number]> size of font in HIP(Half of point). Defaults to 22. Supports equivalent measure in [pt].
- complexScriptFontSize [Number]> size of complex script font in HIP(Half of point). Defaults to 22. Supports equivalent measure in [pt].
- table [Object]>
- row [Object]>
- cantSplit [Boolean]> flag to allow table row to split across pages. Defaults to false.
- pageNumber [Boolean]> flag to enable page number in footer. Defaults to false. Page number works only if footer flag is set as true.
- skipFirstHeaderFooter [Boolean]> flag to skip first page header and footer. Defaults to false.
- lineNumber [Boolean]> flag to enable line numbering. Defaults to false.
- lineNumberOptions [Object]>
- start <[Number]> start of the numbering - 1. Defaults to 0.
- countBy <[Number]> skip numbering in how many lines in between + 1. Defaults to 1.
- restart <"continuous"|"newPage"|"newSection"> numbering restart strategy. Defaults to continuous.
- numbering [Object]>
- defaultOrderedListStyleType [String]> default ordered list style type. Defaults to decimal.
- decodeUnicode [Boolean]> flag to enable unicode decoding of header, body and footer. Defaults to false.
- lang [String]> language localization code for spell checker to work properly. Defaults to en-US.
- footerHTMLString <[String]> clean html string equivalent of footer. Defaults to if footer flag is true.$3
<[Promise]<[Buffer]|[Blob]>>
Notes
Currently page break can be implemented by having div with classname "page-break" or style "page-break-after" despite the values of the "page-break-after", and contents inside the div element will be ignored.
CSS list-style-type for
element are now supported. Just do something like this in the HTML:
`
- List item
...
`
List of supported list-style-types:
- upper-alpha, will result in A. List item
- lower-alpha, will result in a. List item
- upper-roman, will result in I. List item
- lower-roman, will result in i. List item
- lower-alpha-bracket-end, will result in a) List item
- decimal-bracket-end, will result in 1) List item
- decimal-bracket, will result in (1) List item
- decimal, (the default) will result in 1. List itemAlso you could add attribute
data-start="n" to start the numbering from the n-th.
Font family doesnt work consistently for all word processor softwares
- Word Desktop work as intended
- LibreOffice ignores the fontTable.xml file, and finds a font by itself
- Word Online ignores the fontTable.xml file, and finds closest font in their font library
Pull requests are welcome. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.
Please make sure to branch new branches off of develop for contribution.

MIT
[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/html-to-docx.svg
[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/html-to-docx
[html-docx-js]: https://github.com/evidenceprime/html-docx-js "html-docx-js"
[altchunks]: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/api/documentformat.openxml.wordprocessing.altchunk?view=openxml-2.8.1 "altchunks"
[libtidy]: https://github.com/jure/node-libtidy "libtidy"
[String]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#String_type "String"
[Object]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object "Object"
[Number]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Number_type "Number"
[TWIP]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twip "TWIP"
[Array]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array "Array"
[Date]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date "Date"
[Boolean]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Data_structures#Boolean_type "Boolean"
[Promise]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise "Promise"
[Buffer]: https://nodejs.org/api/buffer.html#buffer_buffer "Buffer"
[Blob]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Blob "Blob"
[pixel]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pixel#:~:text=Pixels%2C%20abbreviated%20as%20%22px%22,what%20screen%20resolution%20views%20it. "pixel"
[cm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centimetre "cm"
[inch]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inch "inch"
[pt]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_(typography) "pt"
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