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Posted on by SamHarland97 45

Hi,

 

I am looking for some help.

 

I ma creating a Flow where I would like a MS Word Template to be populated upon completing an online form. I am struggling to find the templates I have created on the file explorer in PowerAutomate.

 

The templates have been saved as both .dotx and .dotm documents. On the file explorer my documents which are saved as .docx show up but not those which are templates. 

 

These files have been saved on my OneDrive for Business currently but also on a SharePoint Site and I can't find them on either. 

 

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks.File Browse.pngTemplate File Type.png

 

  • Danielfriis Profile Picture
    Danielfriis 2 on at
    Re: Populate a Word Template

    Hi there.

     

    I'm trying to do the same flow as @SamHarland97 but when want to add the action "populate word template.." MS Word is not showing up.

     

    Can anyone tell me why this might be?

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  • SamHarland97 Profile Picture
    SamHarland97 45 on at
    Re: Populate a Word Template

    Thank you this has fixed my issues.

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    Mira Ghaly Profile Picture
    Mira Ghaly 11,409 Super User 2025 Season 1 on at
    Re: Populate a Word Template

    @SamHarland97 

    For the word Template you can't use dotx it is a normal docx file with content controls added.

     

    Please check my blog article below that explains how this is working in detail:

    https://onlinemgblog.wordpress.com/2020/06/20/populate-a-word-document-using-power-automate/

     

    Hope this helps!

     

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