title: Converting multiple MS Word documents into txt files (few extra bits)
body: <p>I'm currently working on transferring a lot of MS Word forms into a database system. </p>
  
  <p>My approach is currently:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Open individual word docs</li>
  <li>Go to advanced options to change save settings so that only form data is saved as delimited text file</li>
  <li>Save and click OK for pop up prompt windows</li>
  <li>Use cmd to merge all txt files</li>
  <li>Import into excel and process there</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>Hopefully at the end of these stages, I will obtain a fairly collated excel file of information that can be transferred onto the database system.</p>
  
  <p>My question is, since I have a lot of word documents (and I feel like a robot after going through about 100 of them), can I automate the process of 1) 2) and 3)?</p>
  
  <p>Any help would be much appreciated, I have scripted in python before and done some simple programming, but any solution is welcome. </p>