Button Copy Template to New File From Clipboard

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Hi,

I am trying to make a button that duplicates my template .docx file and names it to the text in my clipboard. That way I can copy a part number from the BOM and generate the files.

I played with the Copy as and duplicate commands, but can't figure out how to do this.

Thanks,

Eric

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For now I created a button that just pops up the duplicate window and I can enter paste in the name. This is already significantly easier, but I was also trying to have it open the file after it is created, but because the file is duplicated and the date created and modified was the same I couldn't get that to work. I am now using copy AS, and pasting in the name, this way I could figure out how to select the file afterwards. But I am still not sure how to open it.

I realize this is a pretty trivial button, but I am having more difficulty than I thought figuring it out. I have read parts of the manual, but am still stuck.

What I have:

Copy "Template.docx" AS HERE
Select DATE=created,newest DESELECTNOMATCH
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Try this:

Copy "Template.docx" AS "{clip}.docx" HERE 
"[Path to WINWORD.EXE]" {$newfile}
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{clip} works great! Thank you! Not sure I didn't find that in the manual. Didn't see it under the clipboard stuff.

{$newfile} seems to ask work to open a new file. I think I need to pass it the name of the file I just created. I tried this but it didn't seem to do anything.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\WINWORD.EXE" {"{sourcepath}\{clip}.docx"}
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{$newfile} is working for me with Office 10 but your version should also work if you write it like this:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office 15\root\office15\WINWORD.EXE" "{sourcepath}{clip}.docx"
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That worked perfectly, thank you for the help!