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Use of fields in templates
I hava a suggestion for the templates page microsoft offers
(http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...CT011389701033) When watching de fields in the document, the title etc are macro buttons, why not use fields like { DOCPROPERTY Title \* MERGEFORMAT }, which can be inserted into the document properties & Insert Field. This demonstrates the use of fields in documents and would resolve an other post here which mentions 'updating fields', just insert propertie fields like { DOCPROPERTY LastPrinted }. When that's not enough, custom fields can be used. Second, there is said 'this should be at a new page' why not create a heading which automaticly starts at a new page? So my question, when neath tricks are at hand, why not use them in the templates that are offered in the microsoft office templates section!? (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx) ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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Use of fields in templates
Most of the templates in the Office Template Gallery (and those that ship
with Word) are designed for Word users with no skill at all and no tolerance for or capability to use Word's better features. Skilled users have for years deplored the design of these templates, which include "headers" in text boxes anchored to the document body, manually created TOCs, etc. Unfortunately, a user who wants to do anything beyond just type replacement text into such a template becomes terminally confused. Newsletters created exclusively with text boxes (so text can't be wrapped around graphics and users can't figure out how to add extra pages or delete excess ones), letterhead with graphic elements they can't figure out how to delete, etc., are so frustrating for many users that we see students here claiming that their instructors have proscribed the use of "templates"--as if it were possible to create a Word document without using a "template"! -- 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. "P Wijnhorst" P wrote in message news I hava a suggestion for the templates page microsoft offers (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...px?CategoryID= CT011389701033) When watching de fields in the document, the title etc are macro buttons, why not use fields like { DOCPROPERTY Title \* MERGEFORMAT }, which can be inserted into the document properties & Insert Field. This demonstrates the use of fields in documents and would resolve an other post here which mentions 'updating fields', just insert propertie fields like { DOCPROPERTY LastPrinted }. When that's not enough, custom fields can be used. Second, there is said 'this should be at a new page' why not create a heading which automaticly starts at a new page? So my question, when neath tricks are at hand, why not use them in the templates that are offered in the microsoft office templates section!? (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/te...s/default.aspx) ---------------- This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then click "I Agree" in the message pane. http://www.microsoft.com/office/comm...ocmanagemen t |
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