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Powershell: Create multiple files from a Word template and rename using a list in Excel/CSV (lemy.lol)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I'm a beginner to Powershell and CLI in general, but this task does not need to use either so I'm open to using other tools.

I'm trying to do the following:

Create multiple files from a Word template.
Rename each file based on a list of names found in an Excel/CSV sheet.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] lemmy___user 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You should be able to use COM interoperability , specifically the OpenAsDocument() and Save() methods. You can also use COM interoperability to read from Excel, but using ImprtFrom-CSV would be much easier. Then you just iterate over the file names, and for each one open the template as a document, then save it as the filename.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Sorry I'm new to this. What exactly do I enter into Powershell for each step?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 months ago

Nevermind I got it!