Pasting text from website into Word document - Activity is only valid inside Wordapplication scope

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I’m trying to copy & paste some text from a website into a MS Word document but get stuck on the pasting part.

I have the “replace text in document” nested in “Use Application: Word Document” and indicated what I want replaced. However, I’m getting the “Activity is only valid inside Wordapplication scope”. I tried “append text” but get the same error.
Two questions:

  1. What is the easiest way to copy & paste from a website to a specific position in a MS Word document (template)?
  2. How do I fix the error above?

Sorry, complete noob here. Just finished the Citizen Developer Foundations course.

Thanks!

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@T0ky0

Get text from website.
Use Word application scope inside use Replace Text,Word activities only work inside word application only

Replace text:This activity is used when you want to replace some text to other text.If your Replacement text does not found it does not Paste any data.
Append Text:It Simply appends the text at last line of your document

Hope it helps

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@T0ky0

Any word document is to be used inside the word application scope

Cheers

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Thank you, that fixed it. I used the “Use application” instead of “Use Word file” (Word Application Scope in Studio).

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Thank you for elaborating on the different options. I’m a bit surprised that with all the other functionality, there is no simple “paste” activity into Word.

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@T0ky0

There is no Paste activity i am briefing about replace text it replaces the text with new text

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