Applying my own template to a publication

[Connor]

Hi there!

Hope that someone out there can answer this question asap!

I'm putting together a publication that will go to print soon. I have made a
template with all textboxes and fonts etc. perfectly aligned.

Now, I want to apply this to a older Publisher 2007 file that holds the text.

When I try to choose, apply template, I can not find my own. The only
templates are Publishers.

So, my question, how can I apply my own template to a publication? Is it
possible?

Best regards
Connor

 

[Mary Sauer]

Did you save the Publisher file as a template? If you did it will be in the
template folder. Go to Tools, Options, check *Show Publication Types when
starting Publisher*. Go to File, New, is *My Templates* listed? It should be the
second entry.
You can browse to the template folder. What version Windows are you using?

 

[Connor]

I use Windows XP. But I think you missunderstood my question. When I choose
new I can select my own templates, no problem!

But, I have a Publisher 2007 template that is wrong and want to change it to
one that I made myself. There is a function in 2007 that lets you
apply/change a publication to another template. But, when I choose this,
there are only the "built in" Publisher templates, I can not get at my own
template...

Any solution to this?

/Connor

"Mary Sauer" skrev:

 

[Mary Sauer]

You will have to browse to your template.
It is in a folder similar to this: (hidden)
C:\Documents and Settings\<<users>>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates

 

[Ed Bennett]

So, my question, how can I apply my own template to a publication? Is it
possible?

I think I understand what you're trying to do.

You have a publication with a generic design. You have a second
publication, that you have saved as a template, whose design you wish to
use in the first publication. The mechanism you expect to be able to use
to do this is the "applying template" option that is available for
built-in templates (I found it in the Quick Publication options, it may
be available elsewhere).

As far as I can tell, this is not possible. The "apply template" feature
seems hard-coded to work with the built-in templates. This is not the
only area where built-in templates and user-added templates are so
massively segregated, so it does not come as a surprise. The way to
accomplish the task you need to do is to create a new blank publication
based on your template (using File > New, as suggested by Mary), and
copy and paste the content from your generically-formatted file in.

 

[Connor]

Yes, you understood me perfect!

That's what I suspected... Well I've done just what you suggested, but it
took a lot of time! I'ts a thing that Microsoft should implement in updates
of Publisher 2007 I think...

Anyway, thanks!

/Connor