Using .dot-files for already existing documents

[Malte Lindner]

hi there,

i got a document that needs to be re-formatted. for that i got the
appropriate .dot-file. how can i format my old documents with the new
..dot-file?

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi Malte,

What kind of formatting are we talking about here?

Fonts, spaces, tables, document margins, paragraph indents, headers and
footers... ?

Let us know because otherwise it is kind of difficult to give you a concise
and useful answer.
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[TF]

You will definitely need a new keyboard with a SHIFT key in order to type in
proper case.



: hi there,
:
: i got a document that needs to be re-formatted. for that i got the
: appropriate .dot-file. how can i format my old documents with the new
: .dot-file?
:
:

 

[Anon]

You will definitely need a new keyboard with a SHIFT key in
order to type in proper case.

typing in all lower case is a time-honored Internet mail tradition.
some have said that those who need to express their problem with it
are too tightly wound.

 

[Malte Lindner]

Actually it's a whole new layout for the document. It's got new margins, new
fonts, new spaces...

Perhaps this will help: I got a written paper on some economic stuff. It's
going to be published and the publishing house wants it in a special format.
They send me their .dot-file and I have to re-format my written text and
send the new version to them...

Oh, it's Word 2003 by the way ;-)

Thanks in advance and my Shift-Key works fine...

Malte

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is not Internet mail. This is Usenet. More specifically, these are NGs
devoted to a word processing program. The assumption of most of us who post
here regularly is that those who use word processing programs use them for
something other than email and consequently are capable of using a Shift
key.

Moreover, there is no reason why even email has to appear completely
illiterate. I compose email with the same care (and the same editing) that I
use for snail mail, and I would hope that the recipients would appreciate
that.

 

[Jean-Guy Marcil]

Hi Malte,

Glad to see your SHIFT key works! ;-)

In that case, IMHO, this would be the easiest way to go:

Create a doc based on the "official" template (double click on the template
from the Windows Explorer);
Save it;
Open your original "unformatted" document;
Select everything except the last paragraph mark (¶);
CTRL-C;
Place the cursor at the beginning of the document created based on the
"official" template;
CTRL-V;
Save.

Beware of section breaks.... if the original document has sections breaks
that defined different margins, different headers and footers, then you are
going to have to reset those one by one in the new document to bring them
back into line with the official design. So it may be easier to remove all
section breaks form the original document before proceeding.

HTH
--
Cheers!
_______________________________________
Jean-Guy Marcil - Word MVP
(e-mail address removed)
Word MVP site: http://www.word.mvps.org

 

[TF]

When you read hundreds of postings a day, it is very tiresome trying to read
a post that is in all lower or all upper case. The eye is trained to read
the shapes of words, and using proper case assists the eye. It has nothing
to do with being 'wound up'.

Terry

: On Sun, 01 Feb 2004 16:30:48 GMT, TF wrote in
: <:
: > You will definitely need a new keyboard with a SHIFT key in
: > order to type in proper case.
:
: typing in all lower case is a time-honored Internet mail tradition.
: some have said that those who need to express their problem with it
: are too tightly wound.