Word Document Structure for Efficient RAG Ingestion
Hello everyone,
I'm working on a RAG system, and due to the complexity of input documents (PDFs with multi-column text, information in images, etc.), I've been given the option to redevelop some important files in Word to make ingestion easier. I'm wondering if anyone knows of any Word templates for this purpose. The plan is to later use langchain's UnstructuredWordDocumentLoader to maintain header metadata and other information.
For creating the template, I've considered the following guidelines:
- Maintain Word header formatting for proper document loading
- Avoid multiple text columns, tables (table extraction is particularly challenging), and images
- Keep text formatting minimal (bold, colors, etc.) since these aren't transcribed
Does anyone know of any templates or resources with recommendations to improve this approach?