Template settings

[Guy Lydig]

Is there a way to prevent a user from making changes to the settings in a
template?

I created a template with a table containing specific fonts, sizes, line
spacing, etc. and the end-user knows just enough about Word to make a mess!
Is there a way to prevent changes? (This is not a Form.)

 

[Terry Farrell]

To use a template, the user should be creating a new document from the
template through the File | New dialog. The template should simply be locked
for editing (which doesn't stop a new document being opened from it but does
stop the user making changes that are then written back to the template).

You can also use the Protect function to restrict formatting and editing so
that only styles in the template can be used.

 

[Guy Lydig]

Terry,

Thanks for your response.

The user IS creating a new documnet from the template through File | New.

Isn't every template "locked for editing" so that changes are not written
back to the template? I thought that was the idea of using a template.

Here's are the two questionw I need answered:
You wrote, "You can also use the Protect function to restrict formatting and
editing so that only styles in the template can be used." HOW/WHERE is the
Protect function that allows me to restrict formatting and editing so only
"styles" in the template can be used?

Does "styles" apply to line spacing, font, and font size?

 

[Terry Farrell]

Are you using Word 2007?

Terry

Terry,

Thanks for your response.

The user IS creating a new documnet from the template through File | New.

Isn't every template "locked for editing" so that changes are not written
back to the template? I thought that was the idea of using a template.

Here's are the two questionw I need answered:
You wrote, "You can also use the Protect function to restrict formatting
and
editing so that only styles in the template can be used." HOW/WHERE is the
Protect function that allows me to restrict formatting and editing so only
"styles" in the template can be used?

Does "styles" apply to line spacing, font, and font size?

 

[Guy Lydig]

Word 2002

Are you using Word 2007?

Terry

 

[Terry Farrell]

Sorry, you cannot achieve what you want. Word XP did not have that ability.

Terry