Extract text from a Word document using VBScript

Although you can use optical character recognition (OCR) to extract text from Word documents, this approach can become complicated for multi-page documents that require scrolling.

A more efficient way to extract text from Word documents is the use of VBScript. Power Automate provides the Run VBScript action that enables you to run scripts on your desktop.

To extract text from a Word document, deploy the Run VBScript action and paste the following code in the VBScript to run field.

Dim Word
Dim WordDoc
Dim var
Set Word = CreateObject("Word.Application")

'Open the document
Set WordDoc = Word.Documents.open("%FilePath%")

'Read the document
NumberOfWords = WordDoc.Sentences.count
For i = 1 to NumberOfWords
WScript.Echo WordDoc.Sentences(i)
Next

'Close the document
WordDoc.Save
Word.Quit

'Release the object variables
Set WordDoc = Nothing
Set Word = Nothing

The script contains a variable named FilePath that specifies the file path of the Word document. You can initialize this variable using a Set variable action before the Run VBScript action or replace it with a hardcoded value.

The Run VBScript action stores the extracted text by default in a variable named VBScriptOutput. You can use this variable as an input in the available Text actions to manipulate the retrieved text.