Why to Convert OFT to Word?
For a Python developer, who is trying to add a OFT to WORD conversion feature within application, it is important to understand why it is necessary to convert OFT to Word. OFT stands for Outlook Form Template and is a file format used by Microsoft Outlook to store email messages. It is a proprietary format and is not supported by other applications. Therefore, it is necessary to convert OFT to Word in order to make the content of the email message accessible to other applications.
How Aspose.Total helps for oft to word conversion?
Aspose.Total for Python via .NET is a full package of various APIs dealing different formats including Email, Images and Microsoft Word formats. It provides a comprehensive set of APIs that can be used to automate the conversion process. It includes two APIs, Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and Aspose.Email for Python via .NET, which can be used to convert OFT to Word. The conversion process is a two step process. Firstly, the Email is loaded and rendered into HTML via Aspose.Email for Python via .NET. Secondly, the converted HTML is loaded using Aspose.Words for Python via .NET and saved into respective Word WORD format. This makes the conversion process easy and efficient using Python.
How to Convert OFT to WORD in Python
- Open the source OFT file using MailMessage.load class
- Call the
save
method while specifying output HTML file path and relevant HTML Save options as parameter. So your OFT file is converted to HTML at the specified path - Now Load the saved HTML file using Document
- Call the save method with relevant file path. So finally the OFT is converted
Conversion Requirements
- For OFT to WORD conversion, Python 3.5 or later is required
- Reference APIs within the project directly from PyPI ( Aspose.Words and Aspose.Email )
- Or use the following pip command
pip install aspose.words
andpip install Aspose.Email-for-Python-via-NET
- Moreover, Microsoft Windows or Linux based OS (see more for Words and Email ) and for Linux check additional requirements for gcc and libpython and follow step by step instructions INSTALL