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Why does nothing happen after Word opens my template?

If Word opens your template but no tables populate, it’s usually because TableFormats.csv is missing or your new table doesn’t have a matching entry in TableFormats.csv.

Updated over a week ago

🧠 What’s going on

When you print to your new Word template, Word opens the template, but nothing happens in the template. This is usually due to the absence of the TableFormats.csv file. This is the file that sets up the appearance and layout of the tables in the template.


📄 TableFormats.csv

When you use a Word template with tables such as cutting lists or material lists, the format of the table should be set so that the appearance of the table and the layout of the table is controlled by the user.

As highlighted below, you need to have:

  1. the key text string for each table

  2. the Word table appearance option

  3. the cell size for each column in the table

More specific details are described in the help files here.


✅ If your template mostly works but a new table won’t print

If you have a template that basically works, but your newly added table doesn't print on the report, then this indicates that the table has not been added to the TableFormats.csv file. Check this first.

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