Curated Examples

Read and convert documents

Use PSWriteOffice for Reader, Markdown, CSV, Word conversion, and RTF bridge workflows.

PSWriteOffice is useful after a file already exists. Reader cmdlets inspect documents, Markdown and CSV cmdlets handle scripting-friendly formats, and Word/RTF bridges keep common conversion paths in PowerShell.

This page collects small patterns from the Reader, Markdown, CSV, Word conversion, and RTF examples.

Example

Import-Module PSWriteOffice

$outputDirectory = Join-Path $PSScriptRoot 'Output'
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path $outputDirectory -Force | Out-Null

$markdownPath = Join-Path $outputDirectory 'Summary.md'
$csvPath = Join-Path $outputDirectory 'Status.csv'
$wordPath = Join-Path $outputDirectory 'Summary.docx'
$rtfPath = Join-Path $outputDirectory 'Summary.rtf'
$roundTripMarkdownPath = Join-Path $outputDirectory 'Summary.from-rtf.md'

New-OfficeMarkdown -Path $markdownPath {
    MarkdownHeading -Level 1 -Text 'Status'
    MarkdownParagraph -Text 'Generated by PSWriteOffice.'
    MarkdownTable -InputObject @(
        [PSCustomObject]@{ Area = 'Docs'; State = 'Ready' }
        [PSCustomObject]@{ Area = 'Examples'; State = 'Review' }
    )
}

@(
    [PSCustomObject]@{ Area = 'Docs'; State = 'Ready' }
    [PSCustomObject]@{ Area = 'Examples'; State = 'Review' }
) | Export-OfficeCsv -Path $csvPath

ConvertFrom-OfficeWordMarkdown -Path $markdownPath -OutputPath $wordPath
ConvertTo-OfficeRtf -MarkdownPath $markdownPath -OutputPath $rtfPath
ConvertFrom-OfficeRtf -Path $rtfPath -As Markdown -OutputPath $roundTripMarkdownPath

Get-OfficeDocumentCapability
Get-OfficeDocumentChunk -Path $wordPath
Get-OfficeDocumentChunk -Path $rtfPath
Import-OfficeCsv -Path $csvPath

What this demonstrates

building Markdown and CSV artifacts from PowerShell data
converting Markdown to Word, Markdown to RTF, and RTF back to Markdown
reading generated files through Reader and format-specific cmdlets

Example

What this demonstrates

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