Header/Footer question

[Laura Charles Johnson]

Hello all1

I'm using Word 2003.

I have a complex header/footer situation that I'm trying to rectify. I was
brought on recently as the tech writer at a firm where someone had designed
a template (not a .dot) but their idea of a document template. I'm changing
it in to a .dot file so I can do all the lovely things that a template
allows one to do.

Here's the rub: in the footer, there is a) a custom line with a curve in
it - so it's actually 3 lines all grouped together; b) a logo graphic; c) a
"last edited" comment with a field inserted and right justified; and d) a
*vertical* line positioned slightly outside of text margins that stretches
all the way up the left side of the page to connect with the header.

This thing is killing me. I can't seem to get all the items to work
together. The logo - not a problem alone - but it doesn't play well with the
vertical line or the horizontal line. The horizontal line is a nightmare and
the vertical line is just making me want to drink heavily.

I am very new to writing VBA but I'm thinking it may be easier to work with
VBA than to create all those items in a header/footer combination. Any
thoughts? I'd be glad to share what the header/footer *should* look like.

Another question - should I just forget writing code for this and develop a
regular header/footer thingee?

Thanks for any input.

Laura Charles Johnson

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

I would say that you should most definitely forget using vba to create a
header/footer in a template especially if you are having problems achieving
what you want manually.

If the footer works in the other person's version of the template, save it,
a copy of it, or a document created from it as a template and then add what
ever else it is that you want to make it into your idea of a template.

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Doug Robbins - Word MVP

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Not using vba, I would group the graphic items together so that they can be
moved/positioned as a unit. To do this, you select one (to get the sizing
handles displayed). Then Ctrl-Click on the others to also select them. Then
right-click and pick grouping.
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