Locking a text box

[gregorvios]

I'm trying to set up a templet for a client. They want a virtual
letterhead. I used a pdf as a watermark for the graphics and created a
text box for him to type in. How can I lock the text box down but
still let him type in it?

 

[John McGhie]

Hi:

1) You can't He can either type in it and change it, or he can't
change it or type in it.

2) What are you going to do about the second page? Many letters have more
than one page

You may want to change your approach to do without the text box. Use a
style (or more than one style) to position your text so that it does not
require the text box, otherwise you may give your customer something they
can not use...

Cheers

I'm trying to set up a templet for a client. They want a virtual
letterhead. I used a pdf as a watermark for the graphics and created a
text box for him to type in. How can I lock the text box down but
still let him type in it?

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[gregorvios]

Hi:

1) You can't He can either type in it and change it, or he can't
change it or type in it.

2) What are you going to do about the second page? Many letters have more
than one page

You may want to change your approach to do without the text box. Use a
style (or more than one style) to position your text so that it does not
require the text box, otherwise you may give your customer something they
can not use...

Cheers

On 21/08/08 12:03 PM, in article
(e-mail address removed),
Thanks for your help. I'm a little new designing in MS Word. I know how styles work but where do I find them and How do I apply them?


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[John McGhie]

Oooohhh.... A Virgin!!! You ARE new to the game OK, enough of
the bawdy newcomer jokes already: I suffered them all myself 40 years ago


In Word 2008, click the "Toolbox" button to reveal the task pane. Styles is
the second segment. Expand it.

In a new blank document, you will see only four styles, unless others have
been used in the document.

At the bottom of that segment, set the "View" to "All styles" to see the
default style set that is in every document. There are about 150 of them
pre-defined.

The styles are named after the kind of paragraph or other object they are
intended for. Change their formatting to suit yourself. Nobody ever leaves
Microsoft styles unchanged: the Microsoft document designers come from the
Shock and Horror School of eyeball assault.

The name of each style ends in a blue icon that shows you which kin of style
it is. For positioning, you want the "Paragraph" styles that have a pilcrow
icon (¶).

If you hover over the icon, it turns into a drop-down arrow: one of the
choices is "modify", which enables you to change the style directly if you
know what you want.

If you don't, change a paragraph to do what you want by setting the
paragraph properties, then select it. Then look for the style you want to
use in the lower half of the Styles segment in the task pane. Drop down the
list there, and choose the "Update to match selection" item. That enables
you to define styles by example.

You can create your own styles as well as using the built-in styles. I
strongly suggest that you should get into the habit of customising the
built-in styles to your needs.

Some have special properties that make them more reliable when used for
things such as numbering. Others can be guaranteed to exist in any
document.

But the most important reason for using built-in styles appropriately, is
that any Graphics Design or Pre-Press Professional will expect certain
styles to be used for particular purposes. By using the correct styles in
the correct places, you make the document much easier for fellow industry
professionals to work on, which greatly enhances your reputation in the
industry

Cheers


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