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Type:
New Feature
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Status: Done/Fixed
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Priority:
Major
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Resolution: Fixed/Completed
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Affects Version/s: 4.7
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Fix Version/s: None
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Component/s: Core CiviCRM
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Documentation Required?:User and Admin Doc
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Funding Source:Paid Issue Queue
Description
Expand the existing shared PDF Letters feature to support additional document formats - DOCx and ODT. This means all three formats are available from Contact Summary, contact search results, and component search results
Evaluate / use this library for HTML => DOCx and ODT conversion: https://github.com/PHPOffice/PHPWord
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PR #8423 adds the basic functionality for exporting documents with the phpword library. There are some limitations to the integration with this library, as it does not support advanced formatting like tables & columns.
I think CRM-17608 will mitigate this limitation, as it will allow users to compose richly formatted documents in their word processor and then do a mail merge with Civi.
Note that this changes the label of the "Print PDF Letter" activity type to a more generic "Print/Merge Document", a UI change which ought to get documented somehow. Perhaps by setting a post-upgrade message?
Tested #8443. Working fine
I wanted to make sure core team was aware of this extension, which solves a similar problem from a different approach: https://github.com/veda-consulting/uk.co.vedaconsulting.module.wordmailmerge