What problem does it solve?
This Skill addresses the challenge of extracting and structuring footnote data from DOCX documents, including preserving formatting and resolving cross-references, which is crucial for legal and academic citation management.
Core Features & Use Cases
- Footnote Extraction: Parses DOCX files to extract all footnotes.
- Formatting Preservation: Retains inline formatting (italic, bold, small caps) within extracted footnotes.
- URL Archiving: Extracts all URLs found within footnotes for an inventory.
- Citation Registry: Builds a mapping of hereinafter definitions and author-to-first-cite references.
- Cross-reference Resolution: Identifies and resolves
supra note [_] placeholders.
- Use Case: Legal professionals can use this to automatically process lengthy legal briefs, ensuring all citations and references are correctly extracted and formatted for audit.
Quick Start
Run the extract_footnotes.py script with the path to your DOCX file to begin the extraction process.