I can do the job! Automation could be done entirely in Word VBA or could WORD VBA could interact with Excel so word list is exported to an easy to manipulate excel file and word exceptions can be load in a configuration sheet in the excel file.
I'm an engineer with advanced working knowledge and experience (over 15 years) in Excel/Word and VBA including interaction between different software (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Access, Outlook, MS Project, Autocad, pdf, CorelDraw, PhotoShop, etc.), web scraping, Access DB design, management Dashboards, stock and financial worksheets, KPI's, proficient coder in VB.Net, C#, Python, JavaScript (google sheets), VB6.