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Export to .docx format #863

Open saikartheekb opened 2 years ago

saikartheekb commented 2 years ago

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe. It is cumbersome to implement a feature for minor customizations. Docx can help the user to download and do those changes directly.

Describe the solution you'd like Additional option to export to .docx format can make it easy to customize more after downloading the file.

AmruthPillai commented 2 years ago

Unfortunately, .docx as I've read and scoured the interwebs is really difficult to parse to, mainly because it's a closed-source technology (Microsoft Word). I've tried using some workaround libraries but they don't seem to do any justice to the actual templates that are designed. This is one of the libraries I tried: https://www.npmjs.com/package/html-docx-js

Meghdut-Mandal commented 2 years ago

Well an easy approach would be exporting to Open Document Format You can then open and edit the file in any editor (like MS word, WPS etc) and eventually export it to pdf.

AmruthPillai commented 2 years ago

I tried implementing this recently, and it seems not all libraries work well with custom fonts and styled backgrounds. For example, the colored blocks in certain resumes don't even show up on the docx version, and the font always falls back to Times New Roman.