Microsoft Word Check Box

HI,

Could someone offer a solution to use Matlab to read a word template and Tick Check Boxes such the ones illustrated below. Thanks

Answer 1

[Madheswaran]

Hi Thomas,

MATLAB provides a powerful way to automate Microsoft Word operations through the ActiveX interface. Here's how you can programmatically manipulate Word documents and form fields:

wordApp = actxserver('Word.Application');
wordApp.Visible = 1;
doc = wordApp.Documents.Open(fullfile(pwd, 'template.dotx')); %Your word template file

controls = doc.ContentControls;
for i = 1:controls.Count
   aaa = controls.Item(i).Type;
   if strcmp(controls.Item(i).Type, 'wdContentControlCheckBox')
       controls.Item(i).Checked = true;
   end
end

doc.Save();
doc.Close();
wordApp.Quit();

The above code creates a Word application instance, opens your template file, iterates through form fields to find checkboxes, and sets their values. After modifications, it saves and closes the document before quitting Word.

For more infromation, refer to the following documentation: https://mathworks.com/help/matlab/ref/actxserver.html

Hope this helps!