Word 2003 Stamping

[Dan Christman]

I am looking for help on creating a personalized stamp. This used to
be easy in earlier versions of Word.

Basically, this is what I am trying to do...

A. Create a text box
B. Show the Following Information (in specific font and format)
- My Name, My Title
- My Company Name
- My Phone Number
- My Email Address and/or Web Site
C. Fit the contents of B into the text box, which is then aligned to
the top right of
the page.

So far, I can do all of the above, except to get the contents in the
aligned text box.
In earlier versions of Word, this was very simple.

Basically, what I am doing is attaching my company contact information
to all incoming documents.

If anyone can help, my email address is (e-mail address removed)

 

[Jay Freedman]

A couple of questions, and an observation:

- Are you doing this with a macro? (I'd assume that, because you
posted in a VBA newsgroup, but I'm not sure because you never
mentioned it.) If so, please paste your code into a reply.

- In what way is your current attempt failing? Is there something you
don't know how to do, or are you trying something that isn't working?

- Observation: There haven't been any changes in Word or VBA since
Word 2000 that should affect the sort of task you described. How did
you do it before? What's different now?

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[Dan Christman]

Yes, I am trying to do this in a macro

The last version I used prior to 2003 was for Win 98.

I am an executive recruiter.

I am basically using the Macro recorder to create text (in company
approved formatted colors and fonts - including the trademark symbol).

What I am unable to do is to get this information into a text box, so
that I can attach my company contact information on resumes when I
forward them to a client.

Under the old version of word, I was able to do this without a problem.
Under the new version, you can not use the text box function while
recording a macro.

 

[Graham Mayor]

You don't need a macro for this. Save the formatted 'stamp' as an autotext
entry (or formatted autocorrect entry).

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[Dan Christman]

I don't think that will work.

The stamp requires specific formatting on 6 separate lines of text,
including a hyperlink. It also needs to sit separate from the document
so that the candidate can remove it, and so that it does not impact the
formatting of the resume.

I have not seen those options under the autotext menu.

Since this info on the stamp contains contact information and phone
number, I am not posting it here. However, I am sending it to your
gmayor.com email address, with a copy of this posting.

 

[Graham Mayor]

Yes it will. Put all your elements in a text box. Set the text box layout
property to 'In front of text' then with the text box selected ALT+F3 and
call it "Stamp". I have sent you a sample template with an example based on
your GIF for you to mess around with.

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[Dan Christman]

Thanks!

I actually used the template, with some of the steps that I have been
working on so far.

Came out great - thanks again

Dan

 

[Graham Mayor]

You are welcome.

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