How to Read the tables from Word document (*.docx) with table headings?

%% open the doc
word = actxserver('Word.Application');
% Open/Select Word file
[filename_in, pathname] = uigetfile({'*.doc;*.docx;*.docm','Word Files (*.doc,*.docx,*.docm)'; ...
    '*.*', 'All Files (*.*)'}, 'Select a file');
document = word.documents.Open(fullfile(pathname,filename_in));
r=0;
tbl_cnt = document.Tables.Count;
% Loop through each table in the document
for tbl = 1 : tbl_cnt
    row_cnt = document.Tables.Item(tbl).Rows.Count;
    col_cnt = document.Tables.Item(tbl).Columns.Count;
    
    for row = 1 : row_cnt
        r = r+1;
        for col = 1 : col_cnt
            % Pull the values from the table
            cell_txt = strtrim(document.Tables.Item(tbl).Cell(row, col).Range.Text);
            % Add each value to its own cell        
            tblVals{r,col} = cell_txt;
        end
    end
end
% Close the document.
document.Close;
% Close Word.
word.Quit;
% delete server object
delete(word);
clear word document

this script can be used to read the tables, but how to know the table Name (highlighted text in the attached image)??

Answer 1

[Prateek]

Hello Bala,

I was able to execute the code posted by you, with a dummy Word file containing a table.

The contents of the table (in the Word file) can be seen in the following screenshot:

The contents of the "tblVals" cell array can be seen in the following screenshot:

Thus, the "tblVals" cell array contains the table headers as well and you can access these.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Prateek.