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Powershell: Create multiple files from a Word template and rename using a list in Excel/CSV (lemy.lol)

submitted 7 months ago by BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol to c/programming@programming.dev

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I'm a beginner to Powershell and CLI in general, but this task does not need to use either so I'm open to using other tools.

I'm trying to do the following:

Create multiple files from a Word template.
Rename each file based on a list of names found in an Excel/CSV sheet.

Thanks in advance!

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[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

For csv import, use import-csv and loop on the results:

Import-csv myfile.csv | foreach-object {

Templates should be easy, just copy the template to a new file with the docx extension. Use one of the columns (in this case "name" as the column header,) from the csv for the name:

    $newname = $_.name + '.docx'
    Copy-item 'template.dotx' $newname
}

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Hey this worked for me yesterday but now I'm having trouble getting it to work again. It just outputs a Word doc titled '.docx' now.

[–] purplemonkeymad@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Make sure the columns in your csv are named properly, my code assumes it's named just "name"

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago

Ah, I think that was it. Forgot about the column heading. Thanks for your help!

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago

By the way, what would be the equivalent code when using a text file for the list of names rather than a csv file?

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

So I'm new to all this. When I enter the first command with my csv file and doc file included, it just opens the word doc. Wasn't sure what I should do next.

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Actually nevermind that question. Just realized the command was split.

I'm assuming I need to replace the name portion of the 2nd line. What do I input if the data is a list that starts in A1?

[–] BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol 1 points 7 months ago

I got it now!