parser.add_argument('--outfile','-o',action='store',dest='outfile',default='out.docx',metavar='<output filename>',help='specify the output name for the Word document')
parser.add_argument('--author','-a',action='store',dest='author',default=None,metavar='<author>',help='specify the author of the changes')
parser.add_argument('--date','-d',action='store',dest='date',default=None,metavar='<date>',help='specify the date of the changes (e.g. "2023-07-21T14:09:02")')
parser.add_argument('--colourOnly','-c',action='store_true',dest='colourOnly',default=False,help='only set the colour of the changes, but do not convert them to tracked changes')
parser.add_argument('document',help='document to parse')