Find & Replace in Word Document with Ruby
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.
1 2 require 'win32ole' 3 4 word = WIN32OLE.new('Word.Application') 5 #word.Visible = true # uncomment if you want to see it happen 6 doc = word.Documents.Open('c:\file_to_open.doc') 7 { 8 'name' => 'Tim Morgan', 9 'date' => Date.today.strftime('%B %d, %Y'), 10 ... 11 }.each do |key, value| 12 word.Selection.HomeKey(unit=6) # start at beginning 13 find = word.Selection.Find 14 find.Text = "[#{key}]" # text must be in square brackets 15 while word.Selection.Find.Execute 16 word.Selection.TypeText(text=value) 17 end 18 end 19 doc.SaveAs('c:\output_file.doc') 20 doc.Close
