Is it impossible to use Microsoft Word for Mac to create plain text fields that can be used in a Flow Template?
I tried to use the "Populate a Microsoft Word Template" flow, but get the error message "The selected file doesn't contain template elements."
My selected file is stored on OneDrive. It is saved as a .docx
To create it I used
- Microsoft Word for Mac
- Developer Tools
- Selected "Text Box"
- Set Default Text to: NameField
- Set Field Settings Bookmark to: NameField
I have tried saving the document
- in its Protected, and Non-Protected form
- In filling in, and leaving out, all combinations of the: Default Text, and Bookmarket field.
- trying it hosted on Sharepoint and in OneDrive
- tried using MailMerge fields..just to try.
None of above work.
My conclusion is that Word Mac does not save these text form fields as "plain text" and instead is saving them as "rich text". (Which is incompatible with Power Automate to my understanding).
Does this mean it is impossible to create plain-text-field Word documents on a Mac that can be used in Power Automate?
Thank you for your assistance
