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Power Automate losing word text controls to populate a word doc

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Posted on 27 Jun 2022 22:10:25 by 656

I am using the Populate a Word template in Power Automate.

I built the word doc saved as .docx and made sure all the controls are "plain text control".

I could see them, to populate values in Power Automate.

I then went into the Word document and changed it a little ... formatting etc... removing erroneous spaces and saved it.

Now I can't see the parameters/controls in Power Automate.

I've had this happen before but I also have some processes working fine.

I'm thinking it's really sensitive. I can see all the plain text controls in the full blown word app.

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    656 on 30 Jun 2022 at 09:40:28
    Re: Power Automate losing word text controls to populate a word doc

    I found other complaints from other users. In the end we started from scratch and it works. I have no idea why it failed. They were all built as plain text controls and not rich text controls. It seems the connector is a little finnicky. Looking forward to a v2 coming out.

  • v-yujincui-msft Profile Picture
    on 30 Jun 2022 at 09:32:01
    Re: Power Automate losing word text controls to populate a word doc

    Hi @sasrsc ,

     

    It doesn't seem easy to troubleshoot this issue, maybe you could try to create a new flow or create a new Word template, then try it again.

     

    Sorry for any inconvenience.

     

    Best Regards,
    Charlie Choi

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