> the content was relatively static so a Word document

docx is "just" zipped XML, so use your document as a template and type in placeholders for the address details.

If you choose the identifiers for the placeholders uniquely enough, a regex will suffice, to fill in the data after unzipping.

I think this is the easiest and safest "migration path" from your old process. ;)

(I know it's a hack, but it worked for me)

HTH :)

Update

Using unique <IDENTIFIERS> in the word editor should be fine. This can't collide with XML code because <> are escaped to HTML entities. Of course your regex must replace &lt;IDENTIFIERS&gt; then.

This has also the advantage that you can sanity check if placeholders were misspelled or new ones missed.

If I were you I would also fill the placeholders to the visual maximum size.

<_____IDENTIFIERS_____>

Like that you can catch overlong address data.

Cheers Rolf
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