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Hi,
I re-format documents regularly and have found the use of document templates useful. However I do have one problem. I have included header and footer details in the document template and when I use the template to format a document, it doesn't copy across from the template. Is this possible and if so, could you provide me with some guidance on how to do this? Thanks for your help. Regards Darren |
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The only way to get everything from a template into a document is to use it
from the beginning, creating a document based on the template (using File | New...). Attaching a template does not change anything about the document except the available styles, macros, AutoText, toolbars, etc. It does not contribute boilerplate text (such as headers/footers), page layout, section formatting, etc. -- 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. "Darren M" Darren wrote in message ... Hi, I re-format documents regularly and have found the use of document templates useful. However I do have one problem. I have included header and footer details in the document template and when I use the template to format a document, it doesn't copy across from the template. Is this possible and if so, could you provide me with some guidance on how to do this? Thanks for your help. Regards Darren |
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Thanks for your help - I appreciate it
Regards Darren "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The only way to get everything from a template into a document is to use it from the beginning, creating a document based on the template (using File | New...). Attaching a template does not change anything about the document except the available styles, macros, AutoText, toolbars, etc. It does not contribute boilerplate text (such as headers/footers), page layout, section formatting, etc. -- 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. "Darren M" Darren wrote in message ... Hi, I re-format documents regularly and have found the use of document templates useful. However I do have one problem. I have included header and footer details in the document template and when I use the template to format a document, it doesn't copy across from the template. Is this possible and if so, could you provide me with some guidance on how to do this? Thanks for your help. Regards Darren |
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What Suzanne told you is correct.
I'm wondering whether your documents should, instead, be templates, if they are being reused. Are they being used to send out new letters, reports, etc? If so, they probably should be templates. It is possible to set up templates that use a central source for data subject to change. Other than things like logs or continuing reports I regard documents as fixed when I send them out and I don't want them automatically changing after I've sent them to someone else, even if the new information is more correct. -- 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. "Darren M" Darren wrote in message ... Hi, I re-format documents regularly and have found the use of document templates useful. However I do have one problem. I have included header and footer details in the document template and when I use the template to format a document, it doesn't copy across from the template. Is this possible and if so, could you provide me with some guidance on how to do this? Thanks for your help. Regards Darren |
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