microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
XLSX Image to Base64 Conversion Methods
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Description
Can images within Excel (xlsx) files be converted to base64?
Similar to how Word (docx) utilizes keep_data_uris.
Besides inserting images, Excel can also contain shapes, like in the example below. If I want to identify the images and use AI to create a text description of their relationship, can Markitdown do that? If it's not currently possible, are there any alternative methods?
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The issue provides no file, entry point, or test to start from. Investigate the XLSX conversion path and compare its image handling with DOCX keep_data_uris; done would require a confirmed approach for exposing embedded images and shapes, or a documented limitation.
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- Tech stack
- python
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- tooling
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- Feature
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