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applying new template strategy
I am going to be tasked with applying a new template to about 65 proposal
documents. Some of these documents had an earlier life in Word Perfect. Some are very graphic intensive and large in file size; others are mostly just text intensive. Further, these current documents are inconsisently formatted (hence the need for a new template). By this I mean page setup, headers/footers, logos and their size, styles names and their definitions, and some have left/right pages while most are set up for single page. I do not think any single document exceeds 80 pages. All use outline numbering for heading levels and this much I know will be true in the new template. I do not yet know what other changes there are to be in the new template, but I would like to be looking ahead to what could become a massive amount of work. I am operating in Word 97 SR2. Does anyone have a sound stategy they can offer without knowing more of what the nuts and bolts changes are in the new template. Or, is it best to wait and see what the new template contains before forming a strategy. Any guidance or suggestions would be most appreciated. |
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Create new documents based on your new template. Paste text from the old
documents into the new documents as plain unformatted text. (Edit Paste Special) Apply styles as appropriate. Converted documents from Word Perfect contain extra baggage. You may want to first save these as plain text files and then copy the text from those plain text files. Graphics will need to be inserted one at a time. Sorry that I don't have a "push this button then use this menu choice" solution for you. What you are attempting is labor intensive if you want to end up with a good result. Finally, save your new documents as templates. Use those templates for the creation of new documents. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I am going to be tasked with applying a new template to about 65 proposal documents. Some of these documents had an earlier life in Word Perfect. Some are very graphic intensive and large in file size; others are mostly just text intensive. Further, these current documents are inconsisently formatted (hence the need for a new template). By this I mean page setup, headers/footers, logos and their size, styles names and their definitions, and some have left/right pages while most are set up for single page. I do not think any single document exceeds 80 pages. All use outline numbering for heading levels and this much I know will be true in the new template. I do not yet know what other changes there are to be in the new template, but I would like to be looking ahead to what could become a massive amount of work. I am operating in Word 97 SR2. Does anyone have a sound stategy they can offer without knowing more of what the nuts and bolts changes are in the new template. Or, is it best to wait and see what the new template contains before forming a strategy. Any guidance or suggestions would be most appreciated. |
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Charles:
I appreciate for the sound advice. I have started to review the link on templates you supplied and see that you have put considerable time and effort into helping other Word users. Thank you. And by the way, Madison's farmer's market is positively awesome! It's a must when I get to visit. Peace "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Create new documents based on your new template. Paste text from the old documents into the new documents as plain unformatted text. (Edit Paste Special) Apply styles as appropriate. Converted documents from Word Perfect contain extra baggage. You may want to first save these as plain text files and then copy the text from those plain text files. Graphics will need to be inserted one at a time. Sorry that I don't have a "push this button then use this menu choice" solution for you. What you are attempting is labor intensive if you want to end up with a good result. Finally, save your new documents as templates. Use those templates for the creation of new documents. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I am going to be tasked with applying a new template to about 65 proposal documents. Some of these documents had an earlier life in Word Perfect. Some are very graphic intensive and large in file size; others are mostly just text intensive. Further, these current documents are inconsisently formatted (hence the need for a new template). By this I mean page setup, headers/footers, logos and their size, styles names and their definitions, and some have left/right pages while most are set up for single page. I do not think any single document exceeds 80 pages. All use outline numbering for heading levels and this much I know will be true in the new template. I do not yet know what other changes there are to be in the new template, but I would like to be looking ahead to what could become a massive amount of work. I am operating in Word 97 SR2. Does anyone have a sound stategy they can offer without knowing more of what the nuts and bolts changes are in the new template. Or, is it best to wait and see what the new template contains before forming a strategy. Any guidance or suggestions would be most appreciated. |
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You are welcome.
Unfortunately strawberry time is over at the Farmer's Market, but apples should be arriving before too long. -- 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! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... Charles: I appreciate for the sound advice. I have started to review the link on templates you supplied and see that you have put considerable time and effort into helping other Word users. Thank you. And by the way, Madison's farmer's market is positively awesome! It's a must when I get to visit. Peace "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Create new documents based on your new template. Paste text from the old documents into the new documents as plain unformatted text. (Edit Paste Special) Apply styles as appropriate. Converted documents from Word Perfect contain extra baggage. You may want to first save these as plain text files and then copy the text from those plain text files. Graphics will need to be inserted one at a time. Sorry that I don't have a "push this button then use this menu choice" solution for you. What you are attempting is labor intensive if you want to end up with a good result. Finally, save your new documents as templates. Use those templates for the creation of new documents. For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog, and locations of templates folders see http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm. -- 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. "cayce" wrote in message ... I am going to be tasked with applying a new template to about 65 proposal documents. Some of these documents had an earlier life in Word Perfect. Some are very graphic intensive and large in file size; others are mostly just text intensive. Further, these current documents are inconsisently formatted (hence the need for a new template). By this I mean page setup, headers/footers, logos and their size, styles names and their definitions, and some have left/right pages while most are set up for single page. I do not think any single document exceeds 80 pages. All use outline numbering for heading levels and this much I know will be true in the new template. I do not yet know what other changes there are to be in the new template, but I would like to be looking ahead to what could become a massive amount of work. I am operating in Word 97 SR2. Does anyone have a sound stategy they can offer without knowing more of what the nuts and bolts changes are in the new template. Or, is it best to wait and see what the new template contains before forming a strategy. Any guidance or suggestions would be most appreciated. |
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