Hi everyone.
I’m using Word Online (Business) > Populate a Microsoft Word template in a cloud flow to generate DOCX documents stored in SharePoint. The document generates correctly and all fields populate as expected.
However, the populated content remains inside XML-mapped content controls. In the generated document:
- Clicking inside a populated field selects the entire content control.
- Editing overwrites the whole field.
- Removing the content control deletes the text unless it has first been manually edited.
- The document is not protected and editing restrictions are disabled.
After the document is generated, I want the content controls to be removed automatically so the final DOCX contains only normal editable text.
I am looking for a native cloud flow solution that doesn't use any external paid connectors (seems like a waste for just one action)
Questions:
Is there any supported way to strip or flatten content controls after using Populate a Microsoft Word template?
Is there a native method to convert DOCX → DOC within a cloud flow (not just renaming the extension)?
Is there a way to configure the template so that populated controls are not XML-mapped or do not retain structured editing behaviour?
If this is not currently supported, can Microsoft confirm whether this is a platform limitation, and if there might be something that remedies this coming soon?
The attached image is a flow suggestion from
https://community.powerplatform.com/forums/thread/details/?threadid=1b644116-4d8c-4a0c-9a2d-f48663140e6e
but this only seems to rename the DOCX file to DOC instead of actually converting the format.
