Hi,

I'm new to making templates in Word and want to learn the proper way to
do it.

Right now I'm wondering how to make some text editable and how to make
forms so the user only has to check what he wants.

For information on templates, see these articles:

Creating a Template - The Basics (Part I)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart2.htm

For help with protected forms, see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.


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Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
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"Jan" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm new to making templates in Word and want to learn the proper way to
do it.

Right now I'm wondering how to make some text editable and how to make
forms so the user only has to check what he wants.

On Tue, 28 Jun 2005 19:40:56 -0400, Jan wrote:

Hi,

I'm new to making templates in Word and want to learn the proper way to
do it.

Right now I'm wondering how to make some text editable and how to make
forms so the user only has to check what he wants.

For templates in general, read:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart1.htm
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm

For an introduction to protected forms, read this article and the ones
by Dian Chapman linked from that page:
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

To the other (excellent) reforences on templates (which is a broader term
than online forms) let me add my own:
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

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

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Jan" wrote in message
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Hi,

I'm new to making templates in Word and want to learn the proper way to
do it.

Right now I'm wondering how to make some text editable and how to make
forms so the user only has to check what he wants.