Try new actions for Microsoft 365 Word
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| Enabled for | Public preview | Early access | General availability |
|---|---|---|---|
| Admins, makers, marketers, or analysts, automatically | - | - | 
Jan 29, 2024 |
Business value
Word automations will be much easier with a dedicated group of actions in the Power Automate for desktop designer. Makers will no longer need to use workarounds that include UI and mouse-clicks or send keys approached.
Feature details
The new group of actions will have the abilities to open, close, and read and write to Word files.
These actions will help makers manipulate Word in a quick and efficient manner on their flows, without having to rely on workarounds that often involve image related actions, mouse move, mouse clicks, sending keys.
Automations that have Word-related tasks will be easier to create and more robust with the new actions, saving time and boosting efficiency.
See also
Word actions (docs)