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template for procedure manual
I've found lots of templates for different kinds of documents, but am looking
for one for a procedure manual. There's a semi-standard format I've seen at ISO shops, etc., but now that I've got to create my own I'd rather not start from scratch and have to figure out all the different styles, boxes, tables, indexes, TOC, etc. Call me lazy, but I'm sure someone's already done it much better than I could ever do. Thanks in advance. Sue |
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Answer: template for procedure manual
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template for procedure manual
Take a look at the manual template that is at
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Custom...platePart2.htm. A TOC can be automatically generated if you use heading styles for your headings. http://addbalance.com/usersguide/complex_documents.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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "suemt" wrote in message ... I've found lots of templates for different kinds of documents, but am looking for one for a procedure manual. There's a semi-standard format I've seen at ISO shops, etc., but now that I've got to create my own I'd rather not start from scratch and have to figure out all the different styles, boxes, tables, indexes, TOC, etc. Call me lazy, but I'm sure someone's already done it much better than I could ever do. Thanks in advance. Sue |
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template for procedure manual
I am currently working on a policy manual. Because I was doing a lot of this
from scratch, I've done A LOT of research on manuals on the web. Believe me, they are out there. Use Google. Search for industries similar to yours. If you don't find what you want with one set of words, rephrase your search. Even if you don't find an editable document, I'm sure you can find a .pdf file that you can mimic. And don't forget to save it as a template. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "suemt" wrote in message ... I've found lots of templates for different kinds of documents, but am looking for one for a procedure manual. There's a semi-standard format I've seen at ISO shops, etc., but now that I've got to create my own I'd rather not start from scratch and have to figure out all the different styles, boxes, tables, indexes, TOC, etc. Call me lazy, but I'm sure someone's already done it much better than I could ever do. Thanks in advance. Sue |
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template for procedure manual
Sounds like I'm going to have to do this from scratch (by that I mean setting
up all the styles, formats, figuring out how to get the numbering system to work). I had hoped to find something REALLY simple (don't need fancy fonts and pictures) that I could just type into and not have to learn all the behind the scenes formatting stuff in Word. I need numbering, a table of contents and an index. I'm a very low end Word user and had hoped to avoid a major time investment in learning this level of detail in Word. I've found a document that has the TOC set up, and I've figured out how to update that. What is NOT working is automatic assigning of the numbers (when you hit enter to add a new topic - like 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, then 1.2, etc.) I know how plain old outline numbering works (I,A,1,a,i, etc.), but not like you'd use in a procedure manual. So this means if I delete a topic, or stick one in the middle, I'm manually renumbering which I'm sure is completely idiotic. I had hoped to find a document (or I guess it's called a template) that already had the behind the scenes stuff set up, then I'd just piggy back off that. Like the old days when I stole other people's JCL! Thanks in advance for any other suggestions anyone may have. Sue "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I am currently working on a policy manual. Because I was doing a lot of this from scratch, I've done A LOT of research on manuals on the web. Believe me, they are out there. Use Google. Search for industries similar to yours. If you don't find what you want with one set of words, rephrase your search. Even if you don't find an editable document, I'm sure you can find a .pdf file that you can mimic. And don't forget to save it as a template. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "suemt" wrote in message ... I've found lots of templates for different kinds of documents, but am looking for one for a procedure manual. There's a semi-standard format I've seen at ISO shops, etc., but now that I've got to create my own I'd rather not start from scratch and have to figure out all the different styles, boxes, tables, indexes, TOC, etc. Call me lazy, but I'm sure someone's already done it much better than I could ever do. Thanks in advance. Sue |
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Outline numbering is outline numbering. If you can do "I,A,1,a,i, etc.," you
can do the other kind. See http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/numb...Numbering.html -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "suemt" wrote in message ... Sounds like I'm going to have to do this from scratch (by that I mean setting up all the styles, formats, figuring out how to get the numbering system to work). I had hoped to find something REALLY simple (don't need fancy fonts and pictures) that I could just type into and not have to learn all the behind the scenes formatting stuff in Word. I need numbering, a table of contents and an index. I'm a very low end Word user and had hoped to avoid a major time investment in learning this level of detail in Word. I've found a document that has the TOC set up, and I've figured out how to update that. What is NOT working is automatic assigning of the numbers (when you hit enter to add a new topic - like 1.0, 1.1, 1.1.1, then 1.2, etc.) I know how plain old outline numbering works (I,A,1,a,i, etc.), but not like you'd use in a procedure manual. So this means if I delete a topic, or stick one in the middle, I'm manually renumbering which I'm sure is completely idiotic. I had hoped to find a document (or I guess it's called a template) that already had the behind the scenes stuff set up, then I'd just piggy back off that. Like the old days when I stole other people's JCL! Thanks in advance for any other suggestions anyone may have. Sue "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: I am currently working on a policy manual. Because I was doing a lot of this from scratch, I've done A LOT of research on manuals on the web. Believe me, they are out there. Use Google. Search for industries similar to yours. If you don't find what you want with one set of words, rephrase your search. Even if you don't find an editable document, I'm sure you can find a file that you can mimic. And don't forget to save it as a template. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "suemt" wrote in message ... I've found lots of templates for different kinds of documents, but am looking for one for a procedure manual. There's a semi-standard format I've seen at ISO shops, etc., but now that I've got to create my own I'd rather not start from scratch and have to figure out all the different styles, boxes, tables, indexes, TOC, etc. Call me lazy, but I'm sure someone's already done it much better than I could ever do. Thanks in advance. Sue |
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