Thanks for your help, but I had a couple errors pop up when I tried this out. I don't need to input anything in the code you provided, do I?
Cannot convert value "VALUE" to type "System.Int32". Error: "Input string was not in a correct format."
At line:4 char:55
+ ... py-Item -Path .\template.docx -Destination ".\$(2 + $line + '.docs')"
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidArgument: (:) [], RuntimeException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvalidCastFromStringToInteger
Copy-Item : Cannot overwrite the item FILENAME with itself.
At line:4 char:5
+ Copy-Item -Path .\template.docx -Destination ".\$(2 + $line + '.d ...
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : WriteError: (FILENAME) [Copy-Item], IOException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CopyError,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.CopyItemCommand
Oh I see. I thought only .txt files are text files.
I was trying to adjust the code so that it uses a .txt file instead of a .csv file.
I have a script that duplicates a Word doc template and renames each using a csv file with a list of names. What would be the equivalent code if instead of a csv file I use a text file?
Import-csv ‘.\individuals2.csv’ | foreach-object { $newname = ‘2 ‘ + $_.name + '.docx’ Copy-item '.\template.docx' $newname }
By the way, what would be the equivalent code when using a text file for the list of names rather than a csv file?
Ah, I think that was it. Forgot about the column heading. Thanks for your help!
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.
I got it now!
Nevermind I got it!
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?
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.
Sorry I'm new to this. What exactly do I enter into Powershell for each step?
It does have to be a Word template. It has a bar graph and various texts.
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!