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Posted on by Community Power Pla... Microsoft Employee

Hello, I have been working on Flow to automate some processes.
At the moment I have been able to create a simple approvals process. However, I am now having an issue with asking Flow to take info from Excel and add it to a Word doc.
I'm not sure what this error means, if (Preview) mode is different / not set up properly yet.... etc.
Anyone got any Flow experience? 👏

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    v-bacao-msft Microsoft Employee on at

    Hi @Anonymous ,

     

    This is because the file you selected is not a Word template, so such a problem will arise.

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    Try saving a Word document as a template according to the Online doc below, and then try to configure this action:

    https://support.office.com/en-us/article/save-a-word-document-as-a-template-cb17846d-ecec-49d4-82ea-a6f5e3e8b9ae

    Image reference:

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    Please try again.

     

    Best Regards,

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