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Default transfering Publisher to Word

Hi Apb,

What will sometimes work, for reusing Publisher single page content in Word, is to use the Web Page save/open capabilities of the
two programs (success in this can depend on a number of factors, including how complex your letterhead is, which design you started
with and how close to the margins you placed things).

Here is one method you may want to try.

1. In Word use View=Toolbars and turn on the Drawing Toolbar.

2. In Word use Tools=Options=General and turn on
[x] Confirm Conversions on Open

3. In Word use Tools=Customize=Commands, select the 'Drawing' category and then drag the 'select multiple objects' command to the
Drawing toolbar (next to the already present 'white arrow' icon, then close the customization dialog, then close Word (If prompted
to save changes to the global template, choose Yes).

4. In Publisher, open your letterhead file then use
File=Save as Web page (single file) and save it to an empty folder and close Publisher. Make a note of the file name and folder
name.

5. In Windows Explorer, locate the .htm or .mht file you just saved, right click it, choose 'Open With' and select Microsoft Word.

5. In Word, once the file is opened in Word click on the 'Select Multiple Objects' choice on the drawing toolbar and choose 'Select
All'.

6. In Word, on the drawing toolbar use Draw=Group.

7. In Word use ctrl+X to cut the letterhead object out of the main document area.

8. In Word use View=Header and Footer and use Ctrl+V to paste the letterhead there.

9. In Word save the file as a .dot (template) or a .doc file then use View=Print Layout to see if that gives you close to your
original letterhead.

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"apb" wrote in message ...
I've tried copying the letterhead and pasting it to word but it comes up
completely differently and I can't change it back to the original with the
tools in word. (that's why it was done in publisher in the first place).
What do you mean by a proper graphics application and in what program?

apb
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