Extract Text From Word File Attachments on Airtable

Extract text from Microsoft Word files into fields in Airtable to allow for easy searching within Airtable.

Extract Text From Word File Attachments on Airtable

Extract text from Microsoft Word files into fields in Airtable to allow for easy searching within Airtable.
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Need to search through a bunch of MS Word files? Convert them to text! This automation will extract the text from each Word attachment and then add it back to Airtable in a new field as plain text.

Note: This automation is not an OCR tool (optical character recognition). It can only extract text from a file if it’s plain text.

Use Cases

This automation can be useful in a lot of scenarios. Here are some examples:

  • Searching inside invoices
  • Legal documents
  • Reports..etc
  • Filtering job applicants

FAQs

Released

  • April 17, 2026

Last Updated

  • 15 seconds ago

Supported features

  • ✅ scheduling
  • ✅ webhook

Third Party Integration

  • None
  • Freemium. Pricing can be found here

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