{"id":2329,"date":"2016-02-01T17:06:00","date_gmt":"2016-02-01T11:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/?p=2329"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:36:38","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T10:06:38","slug":"word-template-feature-in-dynamics-crm-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/2016\/02\/word-template-feature-in-dynamics-crm-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Template feature in Dynamics CRM 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Word Template feature is introduced in the MS Dynamics CRM 2016. It is useful to create templates\u00a0for enabling you to generate documents in a standardised format.<\/p>\n<p><b>3 ways in which a word template can be created:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1. Navigate to Settings -&gt; Templates -&gt; Document Templates -&gt; New -&gt; Select Word Template and entity. This enables you to create a template for the entity which has been selected.<\/p>\n<p>2. Navigate to entity. for e.g. for the entity, Quote. Navigate to Select a record -&gt; click on more option (\u2026) -&gt; Select a Word Template and then click on \u201cCreate Word Template\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3. Navigate to entity for e.g., for the entity, Quote. Navigate to open a record -&gt; click on more option (\u2026)-&gt; Select a Word Template and then Click on \u201cCreate Word Template\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Here are the steps to create a word template for the purpose of creating a Product Quotation template.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>1. <\/b>Navigate to entity e.g. If the entity is \u2018Quote\u2019. Navigate to select a record -&gt; click on more option (\u2026) -&gt; Click on <b>Word Templates<\/b> -&gt; Click on <b>Create Word Template <\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>2. <\/b>Select a <b>Word Template.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>3. <\/b>Select an entity from the drop down list, <b>Filter by entity. <\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image002.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image002_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template\" width=\"447\" height=\"316\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>4. Click the <b>Select Entity<\/b>\u00a0button to select the corresponding relationship entity. Multiple relationship entities are selected. Here, the entities, <b>\u2018Quote Product\u2019<\/b>, <b>\u2018Account\u2019<\/b> and <b>\u2018Contact\u2019<\/b> are selected.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image004.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image004_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word templates\" width=\"628\" height=\"331\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>5. Click on the <b>Download Template<\/b>\u00a0button. After the template gets downloaded, open a document in MS office. When a fresh document is opened, the <b>Developer<\/b> tab is disabled. So, before moving ahead, enable the Developer tab so that the attributes are included.<\/p>\n<p><b>Steps for enabling the Developer tab.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image006.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image006_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word options\" width=\"523\" height=\"360\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to the Word Template file -&gt; Click <b>Options<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Navigate to Customize Ribbon -&gt; Check<b>\u00a0Developer<\/b>\u00a0Option and then click <b>OK<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p>6. Click on Developer tab -&gt; Select <b>XML Mapping Plane<\/b>. The XML Mapping plane appears to the right side of document.<\/p>\n<p>7. Select the link <b>urn:microsoft-crm\/document-template\/quote\/1084\/<\/b>\u00a0from XML Mapping drop down list.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image007.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image007_thumb.png\" alt=\"xml mapping\" width=\"462\" height=\"334\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The attributes of the selected entities appear in the XML Mapping area.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image008.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image008_thumb.png\" alt=\"word template-xml mapping\" width=\"414\" height=\"563\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>8. To create template format.<\/p>\n<p><b>Steps for selecting the attributes for the document<\/b><\/p>\n<p>For e.g, for, <b>Effective date\u00a0<\/b>right click on the attribute, <b>effectivefrom<\/b>\u00a0from XML Mapping -&gt; select the <b>Insert Content Control<\/b>\u00a0and then select the <b>Date Picker<\/b>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image010.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image010_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template_quote\" width=\"486\" height=\"191\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image012.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image012_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template quote\" width=\"475\" height=\"248\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Do not capital the first letter of logical name of attribute.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure that the first letter of the logical name of the attribute is in the lower case. If first letter appears to be in upper case, then navigate to File option in Word Template -&gt; select <b>Option<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Select <b>Proofing<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Click <b>AutoCorrect Options.<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image014.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image014_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template auto correct option\" width=\"532\" height=\"320\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Uncheck the option <b>Capitalize first letter of sentences<\/b>\u00a0from Auto Correct tab and click on OK button.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image016.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image016_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"capitalize first letter\" width=\"323\" height=\"348\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>9. Select the customer name then right click <b>customeridname\u00a0<\/b>and select <b>Insert Content Control<\/b>\u00a0and select the <b>Plain Text<\/b>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image018.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image018_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template_quotation\" width=\"479\" height=\"315\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>10. To display the records of the sub-grid, create a table and insert the attribute from <b>Insert Content Control<\/b>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image020.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image020_thumb.png\" alt=\"word template_example\" width=\"479\" height=\"307\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>11. To display all records of sub-grid, first select a row from table then right click <b>relationship entity<\/b>\u00a0from XML Mapping and then select the <b>Insert Content Control<\/b>\u00a0followed by the <b>Repeating<\/b>\u00a0option.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image022.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"background-image: none; padding-top: 0px; padding-left: 0px; display: inline; padding-right: 0px; border-width: 0px;\" title=\"word template\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image022_thumb.jpg\" alt=\"word template_example\" width=\"628\" height=\"263\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>12. Save the document in .docx format.<\/p>\n<p><b>13. <\/b><b>3 ways which could be used to upload a template:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to Settings -&gt; Templates -&gt; Document Templates -&gt; UPLOAD TEMPLATE and then Browse the template.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: While uploading the word template through this step, the document is displayed in Word Templates under the Word Templates option. <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Navigate to entity for e.g., for the entity, Quote -&gt; Select a record -&gt; click <b>more options (\u2026)<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Select a Word Template -&gt; Click <b>Create Word Template<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Click the <b>Upload<\/b>\u00a0button -&gt; browse the file.<\/p>\n<p>Navigate to entity for e.g., for the entity, Quote -&gt; Open a record -&gt; click <b>more options (\u2026)<\/b><\/p>\n<p>-&gt; Select a Word Template -&gt; Click <b>Create Word Template<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Click the\u00a0<b>Upload<\/b>\u00a0button and browse the file.<\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: While uploading the document through the 2 ways mentioned above, the document is displayed in the Personal Word Template under the Word Template option.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>14. In order to send the quotation to the customer, Select a customer record -&gt; click <b>more option (\u2026)<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Select a <b>Word Template<\/b>\u00a0-&gt; Click <b>Uploaded template<\/b>\u00a0for downloading the document. After opening the document, it would appear as per the screenshot mentioned below.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image024_thumb1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.inogic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/clip_image024_thumb1.jpg\" alt=\"Word template\" width=\"618\" height=\"394\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>NOTE: The word template feature is for a single record. 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