I use this to open a "template" (really just a plain Word document with [text to replace] inside), do the substitutions, and save as a new filename.
require 'win32ole' word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application') #word.Visible = true # uncomment if you want to see it happen doc = word.Documents.Open('c:\file_to_open.doc') { 'name' => 'Tim Morgan', 'date' => Date.today.strftime('%B %d, %Y'), ... }.each do |key, value| word.Selection.HomeKey(unit=6) # start at beginning find = word.Selection.Find find.Text = "[#{key}]" # text must be in square brackets while word.Selection.Find.Execute word.Selection.TypeText(text=value) end end doc.SaveAs('c:\output_file.doc') doc.Close
