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           ERROR_EMAILS: example@example.com,example2@example.com
 ```
 
+### word_diff
+
+Word-diff creates a report of the changes to any .docx files between `main` and the current
+pull request, after converting the files to markdown
+
+#### Usage
+
+```yml
+on:
+  pull_request:
+    paths:
+      - '**/*.docx'
+
+jobs:
+  my-workflow:
+    ...
+    steps:
+    - uses: SuffolkLITLab/ALActions/word_diff@main
+```
+
+
 ## Development Details
 
 Using [codeql-action](https://github.com/github/codeql-action) as
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+name: DOCX Diff
+description: |
+  This action compares DOCX files in a pull request with the base branch and generates a diff in HTML format.
+  The HTML diff files are uploaded as artifacts and can be viewed in the 'Artifacts' section of the workflow run.
+jobs:
+  docx-diff:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v2
+        with:
+          fetch-depth: 0  # Fetch all history for all branches and tags
+
+      - name: Install pandoc and npm
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install -y pandoc npm
+          sudo npm install -g diff2html-cli
+
+      - name: Log base branch and SHA
+        run: |
+          echo "Base branch: ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          echo "PR branch SHA: ${{ github.sha }}"
+
+      - name: Convert Base DOCX to Markdown
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p converted/base
+          base_branch="origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          echo "Fetching base branch $base_branch"
+          git fetch origin ${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}:${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}
+          echo "Checking out base branch $base_branch"
+          git checkout $base_branch
+          for file in $(git diff --name-only ${{ github.sha }} $base_branch | grep '.docx'); do
+            echo "Converting $file from base branch"
+            if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
+              mkdir -p "converted/base/$(dirname "$file")"
+              pandoc "$file" -t markdown -o "converted/base/${file%.docx}.md"
+              echo "Converted $file to converted/base/${file%.docx}.md"
+            else
+              echo "$file does not exist in base branch"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Convert PR DOCX to Markdown
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p converted/head
+          git checkout ${{ github.sha }}
+          for file in $(git diff --name-only ${{ github.sha }} origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }} | grep '.docx'); do
+            echo "Converting $file from PR branch"
+            if [[ -f "$file" ]]; then
+              mkdir -p "converted/head/$(dirname "$file")"
+              pandoc "$file" -t markdown -o "converted/head/${file%.docx}.md"
+              echo "Converted $file to converted/head/${file%.docx}.md"
+            else
+              echo "$file does not exist in PR branch"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Generate and Display Diff
+        run: |
+          mkdir -p diff_output
+          base_branch="origin/${{ github.event.pull_request.base.ref }}"
+          echo "# DOCX Diffs" > diff_summary.md
+          for file in $(git diff --name-only ${{ github.sha }} $base_branch | grep '.docx'); do
+            if [[ -f "converted/base/${file%.docx}.md" && -f "converted/head/${file%.docx}.md" ]]; then
+              echo "Diff for $file:"
+              mkdir -p "diff_output/$(dirname "$file")"
+              diff "converted/base/${file%.docx}.md" "converted/head/${file%.docx}.md" > "diff_output/${file%.docx}.diff" || true
+              echo "Diff output for $file:"
+              cat "diff_output/${file%.docx}.diff"
+              if [[ -s "diff_output/${file%.docx}.diff" ]]; then
+                diff2html -i file -o stdout -F "diff_output/${file%.docx}.html" -- "diff_output/${file%.docx}.diff"
+                echo "Generated HTML diff for ${file}:"
+                cat "diff_output/${file%.docx}.html"
+                echo "## Diff for ${file}" >> diff_summary.md
+              else
+                echo "No differences found for $file"
+              fi
+            else
+              echo "Converted files for $file do not exist"
+            fi
+          done
+
+      - name: Upload Diff Artifacts
+        uses: actions/upload-artifact@v2
+        with:
+          name: docx-diff
+          path: diff_output/
+
+      - name: Add Diff Links to Job Summary
+        if: always()
+        run: |
+          echo "# DOCX Diffs" > $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "The diff files have been generated and uploaded as artifacts." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          echo "You can download and view the diff files from the 'Artifacts' section in this workflow run." >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY
+          cat diff_summary.md >> $GITHUB_STEP_SUMMARY