microsoft / microsoft/markitdown
Doc vs Docx inside zip
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Description
If I have a zip file with a doc file in it, the content of the doc file is not extracted.
If the zip file contains a docx, then the content is properly extracted.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the issue with a ZIP containing a .doc file and compare its extraction with a ZIP containing a .docx file. Trace the document-conversion entry point used for files inside ZIP archives; the work is done when legacy .doc content is extracted as Markdown while existing .docx extraction remains working.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- content
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100