Using PS to interact with Office, specifically Word. Is it possible? Is it worth it? Can I automate it? Is there a better alternative?

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  • OfficeIMO

    Fast and easy to use cross-platform .NET library that creates or modifies Microsoft Word (DocX) and later also Excel (XLSX) files without installing any software. Library is based on Open XML SDK

  • PSWriteOffice

    Experimental PowerShell Module to create and edit Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft PowerPoint documents without having Microsoft Office installed.

    We do -> https://github.com/EvotecIT/PSWriteOffice :-)

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