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Sending data from content controls in Word to a Sharepoint List

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Posted on by Diennoh 2

Hi,

 

Has anyone ever created a word add-in to call Power Automate? Ideally I want to be able to take data from a content control and use that to create an entry on a Sharepoint List. The add-in development seems pretty complicated so I was wondering if there was an easier way to do this or an example I could follow.

 

Thanks!

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    rzaneti 4,483 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

    Hi @Diennoh ,

     

    I believe that currently there is no action/trigger in Power Automate that allows you to read data from MS Word, only to write in it.

     

    Just brainstorming here: if your document follows a template, eventually you can convert your Word document to a PDF (this is possible with Power Automate) and then use an AI Builder action to extract data from this PDF. 

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