QUICK ANSWERStart with the tool that matches your immediate input.
Open DOCX to HTML first when its stated purpose matches the result you need now. Use DOCX to Text only when it solves a separate next task.
This guide is for writers, office teams, students, and data workers. Start with DOCX to HTML when your immediate task is to convert your file or data with the DOCX to HTML directly in your browser. Move to DOCX to Text only when you also need to convert your file or data with the DOCX to Text directly in your browser.
The goal is not to run two tools automatically. It is to finish the first narrow task, inspect its result, and then decide whether DOCX to Text solves a genuinely different next step.
Both tools sit in Documents & Files, but they handle different inputs or outcomes. Keeping those roles separate reduces repeated work and makes verification easier.