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The other way involves the strategy we’re taking here. While that is possible, I found it very difficult to do, especially when trying to create a document with an kind of sophistication or styling. One way is to programmatically create the document using code, meaning we would add the different document elements one by one using a script. There are several ways to populate a Google Doc using Google Apps Script.

There are a few important things to note about this template though. Every time a form is submitted to the spreadsheet, our script will make a copy of this template and replace parts of the text with the data submitted to the form.Īs you can see, this is a pretty basic document, but since we are just making a copy, your template could include lots of different styling, images, etc. Creating a Google Doc TemplateĪfter creating the form and the spreadsheet, I created a Google Doc in the same folder that will serve as our template document. I created a spreadsheet to accept the responses, as that is ultimately where our code will live that will generate the Google Doc. To get started, we’ll need to create a Google Form to accept submissions and a Google Doc to act as our template.įor this example, I just created a basic form to accept some data that looks like this:Īs you can see nothing fancy going on here. We’re going to take a Google Form submission and then use that data to populate a custom template in Google Docs. In this tutorial, we’re going to look at a workflow that should have a large swath of utility for people who read this site. Now that Apps Script has matured, it’s time to revisit some of those early desires. When I first got started with Apps Script almost 6 years ago, there were lots of things I wanted to do, but just didn’t yet have the skills to figure out or tried but ran into a limitation on the Apps Script platform. It’s been awhile since I have written anything to do with Google Apps Script, so I decided to start exploring some features of the Apps Script world that are new to me. Septem| Posted in Google Apps Script, Google Drive, Google Sheets