parsing documents with redlines

[phiem]

Can megaparse detect redlines for example in drafted contracts(word,pdf)?

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I couldn't find specific information in the repository about Megaparse's ability to detect redlines in Word or PDF documents. It uses the MegaparseProcessor for document parsing, but details on redline detection are not available ^[1][2].

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[xXMrNidaXx]

Redline parsing is tricky! At RevolutionAI (https://revolutionai.io) we handle legal docs with tracked changes.

Approach:

import docx
from docx.oxml.ns import qn

def extract_redlines(doc_path):
    doc = docx.Document(doc_path)
    changes = []
    for para in doc.paragraphs:
        for run in para.runs:
            # Check for insertions/deletions
            if run._element.xpath(".//w:ins"):
                changes.append({"type": "insert", "text": run.text})
            if run._element.xpath(".//w:del"):
                changes.append({"type": "delete", "text": run.text})
    return changes

Tips:

• Preserve change metadata
• Index both versions
• Enable diff-aware search

What doc format are you using?