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Word template removal
I created a document using a template. Now I need to make changes to the
document and the template won't let me. Is there a way to remove the template and keep the information, in a form I can modify? |
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On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0700, Daniel
wrote: I created a document using a template. Now I need to make changes to the document and the template won't let me. Is there a way to remove the template and keep the information, in a form I can modify? What do you mean by "the template won't let me"? What kinds of changes are you making, and what happens when you try? What leads you to think that the reason is the template? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0700, Daniel wrote: I created a document using a template. Now I need to make changes to the document and the template won't let me. Is there a way to remove the template and keep the information, in a form I can modify? What do you mean by "the template won't let me"? What kinds of changes are you making, and what happens when you try? What leads you to think that the reason is the template? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. When I cut and paste a section from the document I created with the template, I can not add information to that section or move information inside the document. The original document had lines separating the sections. Now I don't need the lines, but they came with the information I cut and pasted even though I did not highlight them. It seems like the template characteristics came along for the ride. Let me guess, no way to clean up this mess. I guess I have to rewrite it all. |
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On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:33:05 -0700, Daniel
wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0700, Daniel wrote: I created a document using a template. Now I need to make changes to the document and the template won't let me. Is there a way to remove the template and keep the information, in a form I can modify? What do you mean by "the template won't let me"? What kinds of changes are you making, and what happens when you try? What leads you to think that the reason is the template? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. When I cut and paste a section from the document I created with the template, I can not add information to that section or move information inside the document. The original document had lines separating the sections. Now I don't need the lines, but they came with the information I cut and pasted even though I did not highlight them. It seems like the template characteristics came along for the ride. Let me guess, no way to clean up this mess. I guess I have to rewrite it all. Are the "lines" really section breaks? And was the document protected for forms, or did it have some other type of protection applied? Have a look at these pages to see what I'm asking about: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 If there was some type of protection, you can turn it off by clicking Tools Unprotect Document. If the section breaks are bringing along formatting you don't want, delete the breaks (most easily by switching to Normal view, where you can see them and select them). If all else fails, select the whole document and copy it to the clipboard. Then open a new blank document, select Edit Paste Special, and select "Unformatted text" and OK. Then start reformatting, editing, and whatever. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. |
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"Jay Freedman" wrote: On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 15:33:05 -0700, Daniel wrote: "Jay Freedman" wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2007 22:00:00 -0700, Daniel wrote: I created a document using a template. Now I need to make changes to the document and the template won't let me. Is there a way to remove the template and keep the information, in a form I can modify? What do you mean by "the template won't let me"? What kinds of changes are you making, and what happens when you try? What leads you to think that the reason is the template? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. When I cut and paste a section from the document I created with the template, I can not add information to that section or move information inside the document. The original document had lines separating the sections. Now I don't need the lines, but they came with the information I cut and pasted even though I did not highlight them. It seems like the template characteristics came along for the ride. Let me guess, no way to clean up this mess. I guess I have to rewrite it all. Are the "lines" really section breaks? And was the document protected for forms, or did it have some other type of protection applied? Have a look at these pages to see what I'm asking about: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Format...thSections.htm http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=22 If there was some type of protection, you can turn it off by clicking Tools Unprotect Document. If the section breaks are bringing along formatting you don't want, delete the breaks (most easily by switching to Normal view, where you can see them and select them). If all else fails, select the whole document and copy it to the clipboard. Then open a new blank document, select Edit Paste Special, and select "Unformatted text" and OK. Then start reformatting, editing, and whatever. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. Thanks for the assistance. |
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