Can scripts write/read directly to/from Google Document?

Question

I want to create a script that would do the followings:

create a form
once a user fill the form and submit, the script would copy a
previously created Google Document "template" and fill out the fields the copied template with the information submitted.

Now I am aware that you can not create scripts within the "Document" container (only Spreadsheet and Sites), but can a standalone Google Apps Script read or write directly to Document like the way it could with Spreadsheet?

I read somewhere that Google Apps Script can not read text from a Google Document, but only text and CSV. Is that still true with the recently update to Google Apps Script?

After further research, I got a better understand of the Google Apps Scripts platform. Even though Document is not a container for Scripts like Spreadsheet/Sites, you could manipulate documents using Document services (like the answers below indicated). Since Drive was introduced, Scripts can now be created from Drive (without creating Spreadsheet/Sites). — s2000coder

MartinK MartinK · Accepted Answer · 2012-09-07T15:52:24

Yes, this can be done. The easiest example to follow is Employee of the Week example. This takes in user input , merges it into a doc and automatically emails the result out to the user, which you can remove if you like. There also a video tutorial. Should get you pointed in the right direction.

Can scripts write/read directly to/from Google Document?

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