PowerShell & Microsoft Word 2016 : Creating new Word 2016 file using Word Templates.

 

In our previous blog post, we have see, that how can we create a new word file using PowerShell. Today we are going to see, that , how can we create a new word file using Word templates.

Word templates are pre-formatted word documents, which you can use as an boilerplates. The default extension of the Word Templates are .dotx.

The default location of templates is : %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates\

I have downloaded a word templates from internet and we are going to create a new document by using this template. 

$myWordTemplate = 'C:\Users\aman.dhally\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Flower personal business cards.dotx'

 

In the above line, I am creating a variable which stores the file location of my template. The rest of the code is as same as the pervious one , except , in the add() method, we have to provide the name of the above file , simple ;o) .

 

The complete code is :

 

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$word = New-Object -ComObject "Word.Application"

$word.Visible = $true

$myWordTemplate = 'C:\Users\aman.dhally\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\Flower personal business cards.dotx'

$word.Application.Documents.Add($myWordTemplate) | Out-Null

 

and here is the output.

 

 

 

With Regards.

Aman Dhally

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