WORD Copy content to the clipboard function

This article describes the RPA Word functionality to get the content of a document as text.

For a full list of available functions, please read WORD functions.

Description

The WORD Get content function extracts the full text content of the active Word document and stores it in a variable.

Setting it up

To use the WORD Get content function, follow these instructions:

{{popups:rpas/add:action=word-get-content}}

Once on a process map:

1. Navigate to the process where you would like to add the WORD Get content function
2. Click on the green button’s drop-down (right side of the green button labelled “Process”)
3. On the menu that appears, click on the “+ Activity” item
4. From here you can select the WORD Get content option
5. Click "Add" once you are done

Input parameters

Output variables

Errors

Tips

• Extracts the full text content from the active Word document
• Default variable name is "content" if not specified

Related functions

• word-extract
• word-write