How do I convert a Infopath form created in sharepoint to Word

Question

How do I convert a Infopath form that I created in sharepoint to Word

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Answer 1

I have to make some assumptions here as the question does not go into much detail. I assume you want to automate the conversion from InfoPath to MS-Word whenever a new form is saved in a Document or Form Library, which is a common requirement as it makes it easier to distribute the file to people who don't have InfoPath installed or who don't have access to the underlying XSN file.

There are a number of approaches you can take, the most obvious ones are:

1. Create an Event Receiver in C# / vb.net that reads the data out of the XML file and programmatically merge this data into an MS-Word template using Microsoft's free OpenXML libraries.

2. Use a third party tool for converting InfoPath to MS-Word, Excel or PDF. See this example. (Disclaimer, I wrote this post so consider me biased)

Answer 2

1. Open the IP form you created.
2. Copy the form.
3. Paste the form into a new word document.