Saving a Block Form in Word

Hi @Anne_Kleinberg,

Welcome to Airtable Community ! :grinning_face_with_big_eyes:

Blocks cannot be exported, they can be printed (some directly and some with a screenshot).

If you work with it in another program, it defeats the idea of using a block.

BR,
Mo

Thanks so much for the response!

The problem is I’m doing it sometimes in another language (right to left) and I want someone to check it for me - to avoid spelling errors. I’d like to send him the document in a format he can use.

Best option would be to send it in PDF then :slightly_smiling_face:

Yeah @Mohamed_Swellam is correct.

An alternative solution would be to create a Google doc from a record using Zapier or Integromat, if you really need in an editable format

How would I create a Google doc from an AirTable block designed form?

If you want to automate the process of creating a document from Airtable, here are a few popular 3rd-party apps for doing that:

1. DocuMint — the original document creation app for Airtable. Creates PDF files.
    
2. DocsAutomator — creates Google Docs documents or PDF files. 
    
3. Make’s integrations — which can be integrated with any document-creation app of your choosing, even something as simple as custom Microsoft Word documents.
   
   If you’ve never used Make before, I’ve assembled a bunch of Make training resources in this thread. For example, here is one way that you can instantly trigger a Make automation from Airtable.
    
4. Fillout’s advanced forms for Airtable — Fillout lets you automatically generate custom PDF files from a form submission.
   
   I show off this feature on this Airtable podcast episode:Using Fillout to create an eSignature approval process with PDF file creation.

Hope this helps!

If you’d like to hire the best Airtable consultant to help you with this or anything Airtable-related, please feel free to contact me through my website: Airtable consultant — ScottWorld

I also just discovered that DocuPilot is another website that lets you automatically create Word (DOCX) documents as well, and they have Zapier integration as well.

Docupilot is great - I’ve used it before. Highly recommend.

Even better, guess what?! The guys at MiniExtensions.com just created a way to do this automatically! Automatically create invoices with line items (or any other documents that you want!) in Docupilot from Airtable — with no Zapier integration necessary! :slightly_smiling_face:

This is pretty exciting! :slightly_smiling_face:

Check it out here:
PDF Generator for Airtable

Even though it’s called PDF generator, remember that Docupilot can generate Word DOCX files as well!

Hi all,
Thanks for the interest and responses.
I’m feeling rather frustrated by the steps I have to take. I simply want to send the text, from the Blocks Page Designer, to someone else to check the language and make corrections. And since most people work with Word, that would be the easiest.
There are too many steps involved - and its making me frustrated.
Why can’t the program developers allow a Save As feature into Word?
Back to the drawing board…

The new Formstack Documents Block lets you create Word or PDF documents right from within your Airtable database, and then those Word or PDF documents can be automatically added to an attachment field in your table. This looks pretty awesome!

Although it does require a Formstack account, though — which comes with a relatively hefty monthly fee. So it seems like DocuPilot is the much cheaper option.