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Populate MS Word Template From FLOW with Rich Text

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Posted on by sumitmukund

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We have a scenario wherein we have a rich text editor in PowerAPPs and we want to populate that text in a predifened MS word template using MS Flow. The rich text editor generates an html in the backend and if we simply populate that in MS word template then we see all the html tags.

If we try to convert the html to text in Flow and then populate then the content looses all its formatting.

Any help would be much appreciated.!

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yashag2255 24,769 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

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Hey @sumitmukund

Currently rich text is not supported for Word Templates in Flow. Source: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/connectors/wordonlinebusiness/#createfileitem. You can check all teh available features and limitations here.

The rich text feature should be added soon and you can create an idea or upvote similar ones for this here:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/idb-p/FlowIdeas

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v-bacao-msft on at

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Hi @sumitmukund ,

If you want the similar feature to be supported by MS Flow, please consider voting for the similar ideas in the forum below:

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/Microsoft-Word-Populate-a-Template-to-support-more-than-plain/idi-p/267951

https://powerusers.microsoft.com/t5/Flow-Ideas/Need-to-populate-the-word-template-with-rich-text/idi-p/360085

Best Regards,

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TonyBr 6 on at

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Hi whilst we wait on this functionality is there a work around? e.g. converting rich text to an image and then embedding that in a word document or an alternative action? Thanks.

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rjhale 212 on at

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I've been waiting on a project that will require the use of the rich text control. Do you have any sense if this is still a feature that is being worked on? I voted on the couple of UserVoice items, but I haven't seen any status updates.

Thanks.

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Community Power Pla... on at

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Hi @v-bacao-msft ,

just wanted to check if there are any updates?

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Community Power Pla... on at

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This is not 'solved'. this is an issue and just saying this is not supported doesn't solve anything.

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VL 14 on at

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This is definitely a large gap in capability for this connector . Can't believe there was an understanding that support for rich text would be added in 2019 after initial release/availability of the connector and we STILL don't have this feature mid-2021. We REALLY need to be able to output rich text fields to a word doc for bulleted lists or just a simple line break as a long text field is populated in SharePoint. Using plain text for everything just looks messy for anything other than a short text field.

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SteveCochrane 219 on at

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Amen! I'm tired of people saying a question is "solved" when we have to vote for a new feature which may or may not ever be added. 🙄 I've seen some like this years ago, and in 2021 the feature hasn't been added.

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another kick in the teeth from MS where they totally did not include an important feature. My clients are astounded that I cannot provide what seems like a simple thing in the automated forms.

PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!!!

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gautamiedara 2 on at

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Hi,

I am unable to view the solution. Is there a way to get access to the solution. I want the rich text to be read from sharepoint list and get replaced in template of MS Word.

Thanks,
Gautami

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