Microsoft Office Integration (Concept)

2.9	This piece of functionality has undergone drastic changes since writing this article and the information may be outdated or inaccurate as of now.

Native text for Microsoft Office applications is a powerful data integration tool in Grooper.

Easier access to the contents of files from the worlds most used business application suite.

About

Microsoft Office integration allows a Grooper user to leverage the native text of files generated in the Microsoft Office Suite such as Microsoft Word documents and Microsoft Excel spreadsheets. This feature can pull the native text from and perform type-specific activities on these files.

Supported File Types

• Microsoft Word documents (.doc and.docx)
• Microsoft Excel spreadsheets (xls and xlsx)

How to Use

To make use of this feature, ensure that Microsoft Office is installed on the machine running Grooper Design Studio.

Getting a Result with Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets

In Grooper Design Studio select a Batch that contains the desired documents. Right click the document whose native text you wish to view. Under Activities, select Execute. From this window, add a command. Click the Add button to add a new command. Under Object Type, choose Excel Document. Under Command, choose Excel to CSV. Expand this Command property to choose a Conversion Method. Burst will convert the Excel file to a CSV and saves the results as child object(s). SaveNew will convert the Excel file to a CSV and save the result as a new file. Convert will convert the native Excel file to a CSV and replace the native file.

Getting a Result with Microsoft Word Documents

In Grooper Design Studio select a Batch that contains the desired documents. Right click the document whose native text you wish to view. Under Activities, select Execute. From this window, add a command. Click the Add button to add a new command. Under Object Type, choose Word Document. Under Command, choose Word to PDF.

Both Excel to CSV and Word to PDF can be run with the "Excel Document" or "Word Document" object commands, or added to a batch process via the Execute activity.

Version Differences

Prior to Grooper 2.9 files from the Microsoft Office Suite had to be rendered (essentially a "print...") to PDF in order to view contents and use activities more effectively.