S
Sim
MS Word 2003 (Office 2003)
Help I need to create a company type ‘template’ (document) that will enable
members of staff in the R&D dept. to produce different Technical
specifications reports & guides, all containing the same header & footer
format (i.e. company logo & field codes & Priv. & Confid. warning), using MS
Word 2003.
I don't mind what the user enters into the body of the A4 page i.e. text,
sections, graphics, I just want to enforce, or prevent changes to the headers
and footers & the first, odd and even pages used and paragraph styles –
basically making the finished drafts look the same as far as formatting (not
content).
The company template to be, (or doc) will be placed in a central network
place and then staff will copy it locally, add ‘body’ page content, then
rename and save the file. Then submit their finished word.docs to a
share-point site for reviewing & sharing of information to multiple users.
What’s currently been used and I’ve formatted the headers & footers,
corrected the page type layout is a .doc file, using the normal .dot
template. The resulting documents born from this template have a First page
only footer which is usually used a kind of cover/front page, then Odd page
with header & footer, then Even page, with Even header & footers then
continues with alternating odd/even pages as you’d expect – works ok.
What’s the best approach or practice to achieve a ‘locked down’
document/template that prevents styles, headers & footers changing?
Is it using a Custom .dot and checking the automatically update document
styles, and producing .docs using this template, after distributing the
template to all staff or is there another process, such as Protecting areas
in a word doc (H & F’s) or utilising the Forms toolbar functions..
Help I’ve read soo much I’m soo confused!
This is one of those topics, or problem I've never actually got round to a
good solution - and think I would benefit (along with others) knowing the
correct way to use MS Word 2003, and its strengths, however confusing it
seems.
Many Thanks
Sim
Help I need to create a company type ‘template’ (document) that will enable
members of staff in the R&D dept. to produce different Technical
specifications reports & guides, all containing the same header & footer
format (i.e. company logo & field codes & Priv. & Confid. warning), using MS
Word 2003.
I don't mind what the user enters into the body of the A4 page i.e. text,
sections, graphics, I just want to enforce, or prevent changes to the headers
and footers & the first, odd and even pages used and paragraph styles –
basically making the finished drafts look the same as far as formatting (not
content).
The company template to be, (or doc) will be placed in a central network
place and then staff will copy it locally, add ‘body’ page content, then
rename and save the file. Then submit their finished word.docs to a
share-point site for reviewing & sharing of information to multiple users.
What’s currently been used and I’ve formatted the headers & footers,
corrected the page type layout is a .doc file, using the normal .dot
template. The resulting documents born from this template have a First page
only footer which is usually used a kind of cover/front page, then Odd page
with header & footer, then Even page, with Even header & footers then
continues with alternating odd/even pages as you’d expect – works ok.
What’s the best approach or practice to achieve a ‘locked down’
document/template that prevents styles, headers & footers changing?
Is it using a Custom .dot and checking the automatically update document
styles, and producing .docs using this template, after distributing the
template to all staff or is there another process, such as Protecting areas
in a word doc (H & F’s) or utilising the Forms toolbar functions..
Help I’ve read soo much I’m soo confused!
This is one of those topics, or problem I've never actually got round to a
good solution - and think I would benefit (along with others) knowing the
correct way to use MS Word 2003, and its strengths, however confusing it
seems.
Many Thanks
Sim