Word 2007 Styles

[TinaK]

I want to set up custom styles in Word 2007 in templates that will be used by
95 users. I want to have a common set of styles for Normal.dotx and for all
of documents that we create in office. I do not want to use any of the styles
or building blocks that came packaged with Office 2007. Can someone help me
to understand the steps involved in this?

 

[Joe Murphy]

I want to set up custom styles in Word 2007 in templates that will be used by
95 users. I want to have a common set of styles for Normal.dotx and for all
of documents that we create in office. I do not want to use any of the styles
or building blocks that came packaged with Office 2007. Can someone help me
to understand the steps involved in this?

Hi, Tina.

I'm not an expert, but I imagine what I'd do is this:

I'd build a sample document with every possible style - various
headings, subheadings, table formats, header and footer, etc. I'd test
the document many times - test mail merges, editing through Outlook,
etc.

I'd give the styles understandable names. And I'd delete all
unneccesary styles.

I'd delete all the actual content in the document, then I'd save the
document as 'normal.dotx' somewhere on a central server.

And then I'd instruct every user to point their default templates at
the folder on the server, rather than their c:\ drive.

Joe.

 

[Joe Murphy]

I'd delete all the actual content in the document, then I'd save the
document as 'normal.dotx' somewhere on a central server.

On second thoughts and after further reading, I'd save the template as
'OurStandardTemplate.dotx', not 'normal'. Power users shouldn't be
prevented from tweaking their normal.dotx. And I'd train users in what
templates were for, how to use them, and where to get the centralised
one.

Joe.