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Shauna Koppang
I know this is still in beta, and I can't seem to locate
any white papers on this yet, again becuase they have not
been released, but I am currently beginning my testing of
2003 on an XP machine and I would like to ask those of you
who have gone before me how to do this.
Normally when I have deployed in a corporate environment
the client wants a shared set of Corporate styles,
tempaltes, autotext, macros and custom toolbars. These
would be located in read only folders on a server for back-
up purposes and to maintain corporate branding and
develpment process standards.
I just started setting up a beta test system at my office
and in XP we created a standard Normal.dot with
corporate styles in it, as well as custom Startup
templates containing the AutoText, Macros, and Styles
(which has a styles toolbar).
I set my points in 2003 thourgh Tools menu, Options, File
location for:
User Template = folder with the Normal.dot
Workgroup Templates =folder/subfolders with Standard
Templates
Startup Templates = folder with the Autotext.dot,
Macros.dot and Styles.dot
....exactly the same as what I do for our Office XP
and Office 200 machines. I exited out and restarted Word
which changes the current points.
Well when I started back up and created a new blank
document, the standard styles from Normal.dot and page set-
up settings were not there, even though the User Templates
point shows it is pointing to the correct Normal.dot. I
even opened the Normal.dot (Read
Only) from the station to see if someone removed them, and
they are there. They just don't appear in a new 2003
document. As there is little information out yet on 2003
is there something new in 2003 in the way you point the
User Templates or attach its styles that I need to know
about?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to now effectively
deploy 2003 in a corporate environment?
Thanks!
Shauna
any white papers on this yet, again becuase they have not
been released, but I am currently beginning my testing of
2003 on an XP machine and I would like to ask those of you
who have gone before me how to do this.
Normally when I have deployed in a corporate environment
the client wants a shared set of Corporate styles,
tempaltes, autotext, macros and custom toolbars. These
would be located in read only folders on a server for back-
up purposes and to maintain corporate branding and
develpment process standards.
I just started setting up a beta test system at my office
and in XP we created a standard Normal.dot with
corporate styles in it, as well as custom Startup
templates containing the AutoText, Macros, and Styles
(which has a styles toolbar).
I set my points in 2003 thourgh Tools menu, Options, File
location for:
User Template = folder with the Normal.dot
Workgroup Templates =folder/subfolders with Standard
Templates
Startup Templates = folder with the Autotext.dot,
Macros.dot and Styles.dot
....exactly the same as what I do for our Office XP
and Office 200 machines. I exited out and restarted Word
which changes the current points.
Well when I started back up and created a new blank
document, the standard styles from Normal.dot and page set-
up settings were not there, even though the User Templates
point shows it is pointing to the correct Normal.dot. I
even opened the Normal.dot (Read
Only) from the station to see if someone removed them, and
they are there. They just don't appear in a new 2003
document. As there is little information out yet on 2003
is there something new in 2003 in the way you point the
User Templates or attach its styles that I need to know
about?
Does anyone have any ideas on how to now effectively
deploy 2003 in a corporate environment?
Thanks!
Shauna