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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
http://addbalance.com/usersguide
See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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I suspect that the Works word processor doesn't have fields.
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"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
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1) Create a template for your letters. Use this template to create new
documents for new letters.
2) Use a CreateDate field in the template.
See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the
different kinds of datefields and how to format them.
You may also want to take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some
other
document where you want one header on the first page and a different
header
on other pages. http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This
gives
step-by-step instructions. (It also has the following links)
Some other pages to look at:
Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm
Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download....StylesTutorial
Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm
Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordw...rces.htm#Forms and
Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a
WP
environment (or even if you are not).
If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the
letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed
instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003)
You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/IS...ncecheckbookA/
Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While
they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those
templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.
Hope this helps,
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Charles Kenyon
Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
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"Tommy Desperate" wrote in
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I have a question about Microsoft Works 7.0. I see no specific forum
for
this so perhaps someone here can help me with two word processing
problems -
problems I've had with Works since updating my Nortor AV.
1. The letters I write no longer have the date automatically inserted.
It's
now always an old date. I have to type in a new date when I write a new
letter. Any way to fix this?
2. After I click on a shortcut to MS Works, I get the message on my
desktop
- "Works cannot complete the task. Try restarting Windows, or
reinstalling
Works."
I don't want to reinstall the Works CD because I'm worried about losing
documents. Would reinstalling the disc jeopardise the documents?
Tom Hagerty