from docx import * document = Document(C:\Users\admin\Desktop\9780134730714_Test\9780134730714_Web.docx) bolds=[] italics=[] for para in document.paragraphs: for run in para.runs: if run.italic : italics.append(run.text) if run.bold : bolds.append(run.text) boltalic_Dict={'bold_phrases':bolds, 'italic_phrases':italics}