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Update Word Document "Static" Table

asked on July 16, 2018

I have a table in my word document that I want to update from a table in Forms.  I know how to do this when I want the word table to have rows automatically added to it, but in this case my word table is static.  Specifically, it is 4 rows 'deep' and I want the rows that don't get data from the Forms table to stay blank in the Word Doc.  

If I set up separate merge fields for each cell in word and then configure the Update Word Document tool to fill them in as a simple merge and checking the Apply Index option, it ends up duplicating the last row... see the screenshot where "#3 Metrel 10kV" is duplicate 3 times:

 

My goal is that when only two pieces of equipment are put into the Forms form, only those two rows get filled out in this table, with the last two rows staying blank.

If I use the Table Field Merge Type in UWD it adds rows to the table, it also adds times to the dates for some reason, which I don't want because it resizes the table so it doesn't look as nice:

So... what is the right way to do this?  

Thanks in advance!

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replied on July 17, 2018

Interestingly, if I change the table in Forms to be a "Fixed number of rows" at 4 rows instead of a range of rows the workflow fills out the word doc properly, without duplicates.  This is a workaround I supposed, but is not the way I would expect it to work.  I would prefer to have a range of rows on the Forms form to save real estate.

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