diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 06f052b..159877a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ pip install semantra
 ## Usage
 
 Semantra operates on collections of documents — text or PDF files — stored on your local computer.
+Word `.docx` and PowerPoint `.pptx` files can also be indexed as extracted text.
 
 At its simplest, you can run Semantra over a single document by running:
 
diff --git a/src/semantra/office.py b/src/semantra/office.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..10736f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/semantra/office.py
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+import re
+import zipfile
+import xml.etree.ElementTree as ET
+
+
+class OfficeContent:
+    def __init__(self, rawtext, filename):
+        self.rawtext = rawtext
+        self.filename = filename
+        self.filetype = "text"
+
+
+def get_office_content(filename):
+    if filename.endswith(".docx"):
+        rawtext = get_docx_text(filename)
+    elif filename.endswith(".pptx"):
+        rawtext = get_pptx_text(filename)
+    else:
+        raise ValueError(f"Unsupported Office file: {filename}")
+    return OfficeContent(rawtext, filename)
+
+
+def get_docx_text(filename):
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(filename) as docx:
+        return get_xml_text(docx.read("word/document.xml"))
+
+
+def get_pptx_text(filename):
+    with zipfile.ZipFile(filename) as pptx:
+        slide_names = [
+            name
+            for name in pptx.namelist()
+            if re.match(r"ppt/slides/slide[0-9]+\.xml$", name)
+        ]
+        slide_names.sort(key=slide_sort_key)
+        return "\n\n".join(get_xml_text(pptx.read(name)) for name in slide_names)
+
+
+def slide_sort_key(name):
+    return int(re.search(r"slide([0-9]+)\.xml$", name).group(1))
+
+
+def get_xml_text(xml_bytes):
+    root = ET.fromstring(xml_bytes)
+    paragraphs = []
+    for paragraph in root.iter():
+        if get_local_name(paragraph.tag) != "p":
+            continue
+        text = "".join(
+            node.text or ""
+            for node in paragraph.iter()
+            if get_local_name(node.tag) == "t"
+        )
+        if text.strip():
+            paragraphs.append(text)
+    return "\n".join(paragraphs)
+
+
+def get_local_name(tag):
+    return tag.rsplit("}", 1)[-1]
diff --git a/src/semantra/semantra.py b/src/semantra/semantra.py
index 9636117..4db4b02 100644
--- a/src/semantra/semantra.py
+++ b/src/semantra/semantra.py
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 from tqdm import tqdm
 
 from .models import BaseModel, TransformerModel, as_numpy, models
+from .office import get_office_content
 from .pdf import get_pdf_content
 from .util import (
     HASH_LENGTH,
@@ -48,6 +49,8 @@ def __init__(self, rawtext, filename):
 def get_text_content(md5, filename, semantra_dir, force, silent, encoding):
     if filename.endswith(".pdf"):
         return get_pdf_content(md5, filename, semantra_dir, force, silent)
+    if filename.endswith((".docx", ".pptx")):
+        return get_office_content(filename)
 
     with open(filename, "r", encoding=encoding, errors="ignore") as f:
         rawtext = f.read()