I am trying to read in some .doc files using readtext package, the code I use being
sample_doc <- read_doc("34 - Toomer v Witsell.doc")
But I get the error message saying that
Error: System call to 'antiword' failed (1): D:\Google Drive\Headnotes\Westlaw\34 - Toomer v Witsell.doc is not a Word Document. It is probably a Rich Text Format file D:\Google Drive\Headnotes\Westlaw\34 - Toomer v Witsell.doc is not a Word Document.
I did download the file directly as a doc. and did not do anything to change the format. How to read it in then? Thanks!