## PlainTextDocument class

Allows to extract plain-text representation of the document's content.
To learn more, visit the [Working with Text Document](https://docs.aspose.com/words/python-net/working-with-text-document/) documentation article.




### Constructors
| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [PlainTextDocument(file_name)](./__init__/#str) | Creates a plain text document from a file. Automatically detects the file format. |
| [PlainTextDocument(file_name, load_options)](./__init__/#str_loadoptions) | Creates a plain text document from a file. Allows to specify additional options such as an encryption password. |
| [PlainTextDocument(stream)](./__init__/#bytesio) | Creates a plain text document from a stream. Automatically detects the file format. |
| [PlainTextDocument(stream, load_options)](./__init__/#bytesio_loadoptions) | Creates a plain text document from a stream. Allows to specify additional options such as an encryption password. |

### Properties

| Name | Description |
| --- | --- |
| [built_in_document_properties](./built_in_document_properties/) | Gets [PlainTextDocument.built_in_document_properties](./built_in_document_properties/) of the document. |
| [custom_document_properties](./custom_document_properties/) | Gets [PlainTextDocument.custom_document_properties](./custom_document_properties/) of the document. |
| [text](./text/) | Gets textual content of the document concatenated as a string. |

### Examples

Shows how to load the contents of a Microsoft Word document in plaintext.

```python
doc = aw.Document()
builder = aw.DocumentBuilder(doc=doc)
builder.writeln('Hello world!')
doc.save(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'PlainTextDocument.Load.docx')
plaintext = aw.PlainTextDocument(file_name=ARTIFACTS_DIR + 'PlainTextDocument.Load.docx')
self.assertEqual('Hello world!', plaintext.text.strip())
```

### See Also

* module [aspose.words](../)