Word

This handles Word document creation, editing, and extraction with a strong emphasis on visual quality. It uses python-docx for structure, direct OOXML editing for tracked changes and redlining, and enforces a render-and-review loop where you convert to PDF/PNG and actually inspect the output for formatting issues. The tracked changes workflow is solid for legal documents, though it requires unpacking the docx, editing XML directly, and repacking. Worth noting it's opinionated about professional standards like element ordering in XML and bans Unicode bullets in favor of proper numbering. If you need Word documents that look exactly right and can handle the render loop overhead, this delivers.