BobTheDestroyer

@BobTheDestroyer@lemy.lol
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Nevermind I got it!

It does have to be a Word template. It has a bar graph and various texts.

Sorry I'm new to this. What exactly do I enter into Powershell for each step?

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.

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I got it now!

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.

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

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

It's just a Notepad text file.

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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.

Just words? It's a list of names.

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

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?