Auto Fill Google Doc Template from Google Sheets Data Using Google Apps Script
Why Stack Overflow recommends it
Stack Overflow users link it when they are learning or adapting Apps Script code that generates Google Docs from spreadsheet rows, often as the source of the code they are asking about.
Recommended by 1 people across 1 different months, 2021 to 2023.
What it is
A 21-minute tutorial by Jeff Everhart showing how to use Google Apps Script to fill a Google Doc template with rows of data from a Google Sheet. It walks through creating a custom menu, copying the template, and replacing placeholder text with cell values.
What people said
Recommends T. Myrm · 2021-11 · Stack Overflow · on “Can't find how to stop loop in google script”
Thanks again for the answer. That line I think it´s the problem. I'm kind of new in JS so, I followed the tutorial of this video: [this video] There, the instructor made that to stop the loop I think. I adapted mine from that template, but I quite really understand the logic behind that particular line.
Cites R ippy · 2022-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Can I auto fill Google spreadsheet from Google Sheets source Using Google Apps Script?”
I found a tutorial online which allows me to transform google sheet source file data to google doc which is extremely useful, however I would like to like to auto fill in in the GOOGLE SHEET instead, tried to modify the coding directly however unfortuantely didn't work, wondering if this is technically impossible to set variance value in google sheet or there's some other way to workaround? youtube tutorial for auto filling google doc: [this video] below coding is from the tutorial reference - function onOpen() { const ui = SpreadsheetApp.getUi(); const menu = ui.createMenu('AutoFill Docs'); menu.addItem('Create New Docs', 'createNewGoogleDocs') menu.addToUi(); } function createNewGoogleDocs() {
Cites Felipe S · 2023-04 · Stack Overflow · on “Automatically create several Google Sheets from a list”
I would like to automatically create several Google Sheets from a list. These Google Sheets should follow a template (a Google Spreadsheet with several sheets on it). The list contains the following fields: Title | ID | Description | Address | Country | Cell_A | Cell_B | Cell C Example: Filename | 1 | 'ABC' | '19th street' | 'USA' | Sheet1!A5 | Sheet2!A1 | Sheet2! A2 Cell A = in which cell Descrip should be filled Cell B = in which cell Address should be filled Cell C = in which cell Country should be filled etc. The title would only be used in the Google Sheets' titles. The other fields would be used to fill in data in specific sheets of the template The list is also in Google Sheets (it wo