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Questions tagged [document-automation]

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Is there a good way to "automatically" scan business documents?

My parents own a relatively small machine shop and would like a way to have documents such as purchase orders and invoices scanned into a system where they can be entered into their accounting software by somebody offsite. Is there a relatively…
Max Schmeling
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Automated merging of PDF graphs

Is it possible combine PDF graphs automatically? I have similarly named files in 4 different directories. I have been reading about Ghostscript, imageMagick and PDFtk but I am not sure which is the program that would do the job best, as I have no…
Error404
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Add only working days in grid style using Microsoft Excel

I like to have a calendar date view of the five working days in Excel. I manually built a first row with dates from 30th July 2018 to 3rd Aug 2018 (Mon to Fri, which are working days) and a second row with dates from 6th Aug 2018 to 10th Aug 2018.…
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automate software/page feature/notepad++ feature?

I'm wondering if there's something I can use to make something easier, it's easier if I explaint through an example. I'm working on a stats change in RPG Maker, and for this feature to work I need to be able to change a line 10000 times over and I…
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sphinx autodoc: ModuleNotFoundError with sphinc-quickstart

Just installed Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS on a fresh virtual box this morning and I'm trying to re-invigorate a project I had running on my legacy VBox/Ubuntu environment. I'm stumbling with getting sphinx auto documentation working on the new VBox. My…
Danlger
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Batch file to automate a task

I run a job that creates 35 text files. The problem is I need to transmit these files after they are created, but before I can send them I need to go into each file and remove a space in order for the file recipient to process them. This means I…
Carl
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Is there a way to change the page styles of a range of pages in Libre Office?

I copied in pages to a target document from source documents which had page 1 (which was the page I was always cutting from) set to "First Page" style. This caused all my pages in the target document to be that style instead of the Default Style…
B. Clay Shannon-B. Crow Raven
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How to Dynamically Create and Populate Word Document Templates with Form Data?

Preface I’m working on a project where I need to digitize the form filling process for a testing lab company. The company currently fills out forms manually and makes 40 copies of each form. The form itself is obscenely large (138 pages, 300+ input…
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Custom Document Property in Word - Mapped Content Controls

I want to be able to insert into Microsoft word a field that is dynamically connected such that I can type anything in this field box and this is instantly replicated anywhere else in the document this same/Copy of the field exists. It seems strange…
Nick
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Automating Excel to save file as CSV and run live updates

For starters - I am raw and have limited skills, thus the guidance here is important to me. We have to supply data to a 3rd party in CSV format. The data must be updated at frequent intervals with a timestamp. Some workbooks at 1 minute intervals…
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How to retrieve currently open documents in LibreOffice (calc, writer, etc.)

I need to read / retrieve / get / enumerate currently open documents in any LibreOffice app (Writer, Calc, Present, Draw), on linux. What I tried: Searching the command line history is not helpful: Files can be opened/closed in LO via menus. The…
Berry Tsakala
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Docusign Gen for Salesforce error on custom object template button

I've created a DocuSign Gen template based on a Salesforce custom object and the preview works well. However, when I try to create the custom action (Lightning button), I get the error "Failed to generate lightning component: Cannot create a new…
Dixie Larson
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Can I hide a whole paragraph using Conditional Text Automation in Microsoft Word

I have a MS Word document shared between different projects. Some paragraphs only apply to some specific projects, so I'd like to hide them using custom fields. I found this interesting page explaing how to insert conditional text. However, this…
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How can I obtain all font files for fonts I use in an Impress presentation?

I want to have a(n installable) copy of all the fonts I use in a LibreOffice Impress presentation I'm writing. I don't think LibreOffice has any UI to make that happen, so I'm fine with doing it "on my own", e.g. by some script or Makefile which…
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Batch make powerpoint titles

I am trying to make a powepoint that has a lot of slides. i would like to know if there is a way to "import" all my words and make each line a title of a slide. also, if anyone knows a way to do the same thing, but with pictures, then that would be…
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