I have a MS Word document (.doc). I want to transform it in docx document (without using “export” fonction).
I tried differents methods to select the good value (the first in the list) :
You can also go to ‘save as’ option using shortcuts. If you are using Office 2013, then it would be Alt, F, A and then B if you want to save it in a new location!
You can send shortcuts using Send Hotkeys activity, preferably within an Attach Window container
During execution, my bot blocks on the validation of the message about the new format which cans change document (because it doesn’t appear).
This message doesn’t appear because the selected output format isn’t used by MS Word. It save my document in “doc”, and not in docx.
No, I’m stuck because when I want to select the first value of the type of the format, this value seem be selected, but when I press “Save”, it save the document in old format (.doc), not in the new one (.docx).
The script could have run ahead of the application. It happens at times when selecting from dropdowns. Add a delay for a second before you click on Save. You can use the DelayAfter property in the Click or Select Item activity that you have used.
Hello @Vincent,
I downloaded your workflow and I know what do you mean when using the select item it does select it but when clicking save or “Enregistrer” in your case it saves it as the initial .doc format,
it’s like the change is not detected by the save menu,
so you have to work with clicking items much like a human would do,
my question @Vincent is do you have a problem with this method ??
because I have word in english and if I build a process you have to change everything in it because of your french version.
I added delays before and after, and it doesn’t change anything.
I simplified my bot in a minimal function (openin “save as”'window and change output format - DocToDocx (minimal).zip (22.0 KB)), and I validate manually the form → my document keep .doc extension.
So, the selection of output type isn’t conserved. I don’t understand…
install ‘word’ package and enclose your activities inside ‘Word application scope’ in an ‘attach window’ instead of using open application and passing arguments there.
Application scope will look like this.
Not sure if this will be any different for you. But worked for me this way
I want to extract the time from word document to save it. Suppose I have a file of 10MB , now when i click save , there comes a progress bar of save . After saving completely , i want to extract time which it took to save the document.
I tried to use find element but when the progress bar appears, the word window gets active and it extracts the save time before the progress bar disappears. Also, i am not able to locate progress bar . Can someone please help me? It is a bit urgent.