Im using Office XP
I am making a letterhead (template)for a business but want it to be in a
right hand column instead of on top.
I can do this by making columns but then whenever I type in the Left column
the body of the letter this pushes the right column
I want to be able to fix the right column so it doesnt move

Use a text box, or better still a frame (especially if you need fields in
it), inserted into the document header (a header can be anywhere on the
page).

Columns are not the way forward.
See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm

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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org




drmike1966 wrote:
Im using Office XP
I am making a letterhead (template)for a business but want it to be
in a right hand column instead of on top.
I can do this by making columns but then whenever I type in the Left
column the body of the letter this pushes the right column
I want to be able to fix the right column so it doesnt move

See http://home.earthlink.net/~wordfaqs/Letterhead.htm for an excellent
tutorial.

--
Terry Farrell - Word MVP
http://word.mvps.org/

"drmike1966" wrote in message
...
: Im using Office XP
: I am making a letterhead (template)for a business but want it to be in a
: right hand column instead of on top.
: I can do this by making columns but then whenever I type in the Left
column
: the body of the letter this pushes the right column
: I want to be able to fix the right column so it doesnt move
:

You could put it in a frame or textbox in the first-page header. 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,
--

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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"drmike1966" wrote in message
...
Im using Office XP
I am making a letterhead (template)for a business but want it to be in a
right hand column instead of on top.
I can do this by making columns but then whenever I type in the Left
column
the body of the letter this pushes the right column
I want to be able to fix the right column so it doesnt move