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I am building a Power Automate flow where users can upload a custom Word document template. The template can vary for each run of the flow.

In the flow, I use the “Run a prompt” action to instruct the AI to generate output and place the information into the uploaded template. However, the output I receive does not follow the structure or formatting of the provided template, and the generated content does not align with the template layout.

Is there currently a supported way to ensure that the output generated by Run a prompt follows the structure of an uploaded Word template? Or are there recommended approaches for populating a user provided template/document with content in Power Automate?

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David_MA 14,499 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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The Run a prompt action ignores the actual Word file layout. It only treats the file as raw text for context, not as a template. The AI output is free‑form, not tied to content controls in the document. I don't think what you want to do is possible.

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@David_MA Thank you for your response. Is there another suggested approach with Power Automate to achieve the desired output?

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David_MA 14,499 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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@CU04022236-0, sorry, but what you want to do is not something I have been requested to do, so I have not looked into it. It may be possible, but I am not sure how based on my knowledge of how the populate a word template action works. I don't think Copilot is at a stage where it can autonomously decide how to map the fields in the Word template to the data.

I asked Copilot whether a Copilot Studio agent can determine how to map data fields in the action Populate a Word Template. It said no and didn't even give some alternative suggestions as it usually does. the short answer from Copilot:

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