DocxEditor
Version 1.0.0 (36.6 KB) by
Dirk-Jan Kroon
Replace text / images in a Microsoft Word .docx file, no dependencies
DocxEditor, can be used to Replace text / images in a Microsoft Word .docx file. Example usage, is a template of a report with some default text and images which are replaced to generate a report in a certain style.
It has no dependencies, no Microsoft Word, no toolboxes, it simply unzips, the .docx uses Matlab's xml functions to manipulate the files, and then zips it back to a .docx file.
Example code:
editor = DocxEditor('template.docx';);
editor.replaceBatch({ ...
"%footer_text%", 'footer noise template';
"%header_text%", 'header noise template';
"%title%", 'Noise Template';
"%cell1%", 'Table cell left';
"%cell2%", 'Table cell right';
"%first%", 'first bullet point';
"%second%", 'second bullet point';
"%second_page%", 'second page' ...
});
im = uint8(rand(256,256,3)*255);
im_std = std(single(im(:)));
editor.replaceText("%mainstd%", sprintf('%0.5f', im_std));
editor.replaceText("%figure1%", 'color noise');
filenames_images = editor.listImages();
editor.replaceImage(filenames_images{1}, im);
im2 = uint8(rand(256,256,1)*255);
im_std2 = std(single(im2(:)));
editor.replaceText("%mainstd2%", sprintf('%0.5f', im_std2));
editor.replaceText("%figure2%", 'grey noise');
imwrite(im2, 'temp.png');
editor.replaceImage(filenames_images{2}, 'temp.png');
editor.save('test.docx');
Note, code is written by me, but simplified through Microsoft Copilot GPT5.2
Cite As
Dirk-Jan Kroon (2026). DocxEditor (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/182855-docxeditor), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .
MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with
R2024a
Compatible with any release
Platform Compatibility
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