How to control starting position of cursor?

[robman]

Is there anyway that I can control where the cursor should be position when
you generate a new document based on Word 2007 template??

I recall that office 2003 just remembered the position when you saved it but
I might be wrong - but how do you do it with a Word 2007 template??

Bob

 

[Beth Melton]

Word has never 'remembered' where the cursor is when you save a file. Now,
Excel remembers the location of the cell pointer -- perhaps that's what you
were thinking of? In any event, in Word it depends on 1) where you want the
insertion point to be located and 2) if you are willing to code and if users
of the template will have macros enabled you can use a macro to position the
insertion point at a previously defined Bookmark when a new document based
on the template is created. There's another option and that's using form
fields and document protection. In this scenario the cursor is placed in the
first form field in the document, unless, of course you create a macro to
move the insertion point to another field. If we knew a little more about
your specific template perhaps we can provide more direction.

Is there anyway that I can control where the cursor should be position
when
you generate a new document based on Word 2007 template??

I recall that office 2003 just remembered the position when you saved it
but
I might be wrong - but how do you do it with a Word 2007 template??

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[robman]

Thanks a lot for you reply Beth.

I might well have thought about mistaken Excel's functionality with previous
versions of word.

I am making some templates for our Moss Document Container, but when people
creates a new document based on the template, they start in the very top of
the document where the company logo and other standard corporate information
is placed.

It would just be a lot more user friendly if the curser was placed where the
first lines of information should be written. However, with the fokus on
viruses etc. we can't use macros as these documents are send to customers
etc. and limiting dokument entries to a few formfields with the use of
document protection is not a possible way to go either as employees might
alter text outside of formfields to suit specific needs.

We actually use formfields in the templates today but the document is not
protected. Is there some other work around or tweak to this problem?


best regards
Bob

 

[Beth Melton]

Moving the insertion point is difficult without utilizing a macro. Is there
a reason why the company logo and other standard information is placed at
the top of the page instead of the header or footer? If it's because you
want the content to appear on the first page only then place it in the First
Page Header. Then if you need content in the header/footer after the first
page, in the template create a temporary second page and add your content
accordingly. Then remove the extra page from the template. That way if the
document should exceed on page only the First Page Header will be used. If
more than one page the header/footer will automatically be added.

Something else you could try is to insert a continuous section break above
the area you want to position the insertion point. Then protect the document
for Forms but exclude the section (more than likely Section 2 if working
with a single section break) from protection. That way since the previous
section is protect the insertion point will be placed in the unprotected
section. However, this method does limit the type of content you can include
in the document.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Beth Melton
Microsoft Office MVP
https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Melton
What is a Microsoft MVP? http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/gp/mvpfaqs

Guides for the Office 2007 Interface:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/HA102295841033.aspx

 

[robman]

Thanks again Beth for your input.

I think i will go with the header-idea as that doesn't require the document
to be protected. Also the initial header is only for th first page so it
wouldn't be a problem that the first header is a bit high.

Thanks for the help
Robman

PS: Would be nice to have a cursor-start-feature in future version of Word