How can I share a custom footer in Word 2007 with others in my or.

[Lisa1234]

I have created a custom footer and would like to share with others in my
organization. Can I? Can I also roll it out with a customized install of
Office?

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Lisa,

I have created a custom footer and would like to share with others in my
organization. Can I? Can I also roll it out with a customized install of
Office?

It may be possible, but just how to do it will depend somewhat on how you're
set up. Can you describe how you want the custom footer to be used?

Which version of Office does your organization have? And does it install
Office via the network?

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[Lisa1234]

Hi, Cindy

Thanks for replying! We have version 2007 and it is a network install. I'd
like the custom footer available as a Quick Part and as a footer so that
users can insert into docs.

Lisa

 

[Cindy M.]

Hi Lisa,

We have version 2007 and it is a network install. I'd
like the custom footer available as a Quick Part and as a footer so that
users can insert into docs.

In that case, you should look at modifying the Master BuildingBlocks.dotx file
and including that (instead of the installation default) in your installation. I
know it can be done, but I don't know the details of "how".

The best place to pursue this would be the office.setup newsgroup. Look
especially for Beth Melton, as she has some experience with this. The Office ORK
would be a good reference source, as well.

Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org

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[gr8auntieokie]

Cindy, in our office, I can save any style in a Quick Style Set that everyone
in the firm will use as a base for formatting their documents. Then I copy
the Quick Style Set from my hard drive to our network. From there, anyone in
the firm can copy it to their own hard drive and select it as a default Quick
Style Set. (In fact, we do this a lot in an effort to offer styles to our
attorneys that they don't have to create themselves.)

OR you can save it in a document or template and e-mail it to others,
letting them open and save the styles in the document or template as a Quick
Style Set on their own hard drives. (One of our IT gurus even wrote a
program that, when run, automatically updates the network styles---including
Quick Style Sets---to each user's hard drive.... but I don't know how to do
that, so saving a document/template with the styles in it or e-mailing the
document/template to someone else so they can open the doc and save the
styles, will work just as well.

Cyndie Browning
Software Support Specialist
GableGotwals
Tulsa, OK