On this discussion it is well explained how to populate Word Templates from excel data using Bookmarks on Word.
In my case, I need to populate the template as many times as the Excel's rows are.
Attached you can find an example. Sorry if I don't add any VBA draft code, but I don't have any idea of how to set it up.
The excel table is:
The word template is:
And the result should be:
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i am trying to have VBA open up a specific word document (this document is protected but has boxes where you are able to edit text). i will then need to fill out said word documents editable areas with variables in the excel document. i have no idea where to start with this code and was posting to see if this is possible and how i could do it.
Additional note. Would it be easier to have vba create a whole new word document in the code so it can just add in all the text?
Since there isn't any code. I'm not sure what stage you're at in this but, from how I read your question you have two ways to do this. Either have your vba code in the word document that opens an Excel file to read cells or have the excel document create a word document with information already filled out. I would recommend using Word to read Excel.
This Question has information about setting fill-able values in Word. There are also a lot of resources out there to find out how to get cell values and open excel documents using VBA.
All this being said. I would say you should probably look for alternatives to all of this. Such as powerapps connecting to an excel file or change your excel file to a SQLExpress database to use that in finding data. The reason I recommend this is because it's much more scalable.
Please see attached image.
I showed a simplified version of what my sheet will be doing. But I will have nearly 100 check boxes, with 100 different topics.
My issue is I want to ONLY show content on the Word Doc when the associated checkbox is "true" on the excel sheet. It must also have 'Heading 1' formatting, and hyperlinks. What is my best path forward?
Have all the content prepopulated in the Word Doc, and have a macro that deletes content that isn't checked in the excel doc?
Start with a blank Word Doc, and populate only content that is checked in Excel.
I have successfully created a way to populate data from excel to word using bookmarks, but not sure how to remove content I don't need.
Thanks so much for your time!
excel to word example
I am trying to generate a Word document that consists of Excel information. When the Excel document updates I would like for the Word document to do the same.
I have managed to setup a template in Excel which carries over the information into Word seamlessly. The formatting is still a struggle though and if the Excel document changes I need to reproduce the whole Word doc from scratch again.
I am wondering whether it is possible to create the template in Word and "connect" it to the Excel (as the underlying information) easily using VBA?
What are some of the best practices or suggestions to try and go about doing something like this.
In Word, on the Insert tab, look at Insert Object. You have the option of inserting / linking part of the contents an Excel worksheet in the Word document. Once linked, whenever you open the Word document, its contents is automatically refreshed with the latest contents from the linked Excel worksheet.
The only thing that you have to be careful about with this solution, is that if you move your Excel files with respect to the Word document (to another folder), then when you open the Word document, Word will not be able to find the Excel documents. When implementing a solution like this, both the Word document and the linked Excel documents are typically kept / copied / moved together.
I have two Excel Sheets, Attendance.xlsx & Marks.xlsx, having two different data. And, I have a Word file, in which I am creating a Letter with fixed template using Mail Merge option.
I am not able to link those Excel sheet values into the word file. I can select only one sheet's data at any time.
Kindly let me know how to solve the problem, without copy pasting the data into one sheet.
A mailmerge can only reference one data source at a time. In the case of an Excel workbook, for example, that means a single worksheet. However, a mailmerge main document can contain DATABASE fields and each DATABASE field can reference whatever datasource you want it to. A more detailed outline of the process can be found at: https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msoffice/forum/msoffice_word-mso_winother-mso_2010/mail-merge-to-a-word-table-on-a-single-page/4edb4654-27e0-47d2-bd5f-8642e46fa103 . For a working demonstration of a mailmerge referencing one worksheet in an Excel data source and a DATABASE field referencing a different worksheet, see: http://www.msofficeforums.com/mail-merge/37844-mail-merge-using-one-excel-file-multiple.html. The same technique can be extended to referencing worksheets in different workbooks.
I am using excel VBA to populate data onto a word template from an excel spreadsheet. The problem I am having is selecting the top of the word document so the information goes into the right spot.
I have tried using Selection.HomeKey wd:=Story and Selection.MoveUp Unit:=wdScreen, count:=1 both with no success as I am consistently getting
runtime error 4120
Please try
ActiveDocument.Bookmarks("\StartOfDoc").Select
It makes use of a pre-defined, implicit bookmark to take you to the beginning of the document.
I just tested in Word 2016 and it works.