Convert Word Template to PDF and Send as Email Attachment

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I have a flow that is creating a Word file from a Word Template, converting that Word
file to a PDF and saving the PDF file to OneDrive.

All of the above is working.

I want to then send the newly created PDF file as an attachment in an email.

A segment of my flow is attached. I am able to get the attachment to show in the
email, but even though the file name has .pdf, it is not pdf file and doesn't open
as a pdf.

What am I missing?

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David_MA 14,090 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at

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I know I have done this, I just cannot remember the flow offhand. I am pretty sure that in the Convert file action you want to use the file path value from the Create file action. You don't want to manually construct the filename again. If that doesn't work, let me know and I will look for my flow.

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Make sure you are using the File Identifier and not the List ID when getting the file content. Also be sure that you are getting the PDF file content, not the .DOCX content since you create files for both.

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The 'File Identifier' does not appear as an option in the dynamic content list.

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I changed both actions, still no option for 'Identifier'.

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Finally got it.

I was using the Convert Word Document to PDF.

When I switched to 'OneDrive 'Convert file (Preview)' it all worked.

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I have found a flow with these actions. You need to use the path value from the create file action:

To insert the path into the action, you will probably need to click on the + next to Add dynamic content:

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