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saving a dot as a doc
We own a small medical dictation company and have been using client-supplied
templates, but now would like to create our own. The templates we are currently using have text that is not editable and gray text form fields that accept the new information for the new patient. I have had some success in reproducing my own versions of these templates, with one exception so far. With their templates, the typist (after completing the dictation by filling in the boxes) will choose File Save-As and the template is saved as a doc. Additionally, the default name for saving is something other than the original template name. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. After creating my template and switching on the €śProtect Document€ť (so that my employees cannot change the layout), the only file type available in €śSave-As€ť is dot. I want to give my employees a dot that has only text form fields for them to fill out, and when they save the file it should default to a doc, which I will send to the client. Please help, Im getting aggravated ;^) |
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Hi ?B?TS4gTmljaG9sYXM=?=,
It's not possible to save a template as a Word document. One can save with a *.doc extension, but the file would still be a template, at its heart. Templates should be placed in a Templates folder (see Tools/Options/File locations) and new documents created from them using the File/New command. This way, the user will always create a document, and will always be prompted for a new file name (no chance of saving over the template file). We own a small medical dictation company and have been using client-supplied templates, but now would like to create our own. The templates we are currently using have text that is not editable and gray text form fields that accept the new information for the new patient. I have had some success in reproducing my own versions of these templates, with one exception so far. With their templates, the typist (after completing the dictation by filling in the boxes) will choose File Save-As and the template is saved as a doc. Additionally, the default name for saving is something other than the original template name. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. After creating my template and switching on the €śProtect Document€ť (so that my employees cannot change the layout), the only file type available in €śSave-As€ť is dot. I want to give my employees a dot that has only text form fields for them to fill out, and when they save the file it should default to a doc, which I will send to the client. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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You need to save your template in the user templates folder; users then
create a new document based on the template instead of opening the template itself. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm -- 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. "M. Nicholas" M. wrote in message ... We own a small medical dictation company and have been using client-supplied templates, but now would like to create our own. The templates we are currently using have text that is not editable and gray text form fields that accept the new information for the new patient. I have had some success in reproducing my own versions of these templates, with one exception so far. With their templates, the typist (after completing the dictation by filling in the boxes) will choose File Save-As and the template is saved as a doc. Additionally, the default name for saving is something other than the original template name. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. After creating my template and switching on the €śProtect Document€ť (so that my employees cannot change the layout), the only file type available in €śSave-As€ť is dot. I want to give my employees a dot that has only text form fields for them to fill out, and when they save the file it should default to a doc, which I will send to the client. Please help, Im getting aggravated ;^) |
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Okay€¦I see it now. Thanks everyone.
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Just a note. Unfortunately Word XP and 2003 do allow saving a template as a
document. Someone with more pull than brains apparently got that through. -- 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. "Cindy M -WordMVP-" wrote in message news:VA.0000c06d.018fce57@speedy... Hi ?B?TS4gTmljaG9sYXM=?=, It's not possible to save a template as a Word document. One can save with a *.doc extension, but the file would still be a template, at its heart. Templates should be placed in a Templates folder (see Tools/Options/File locations) and new documents created from them using the File/New command. This way, the user will always create a document, and will always be prompted for a new file name (no chance of saving over the template file). We own a small medical dictation company and have been using client-supplied templates, but now would like to create our own. The templates we are currently using have text that is not editable and gray text form fields that accept the new information for the new patient. I have had some success in reproducing my own versions of these templates, with one exception so far. With their templates, the typist (after completing the dictation by filling in the boxes) will choose File Save-As and the template is saved as a doc. Additionally, the default name for saving is something other than the original template name. I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do this. After creating my template and switching on the ?oProtect Document?ť (so that my employees cannot change the layout), the only file type available in ?oSave-As?ť is dot. I want to give my employees a dot that has only text form fields for them to fill out, and when they save the file it should default to a doc, which I will send to the client. Cindy Meister INTER-Solutions, Switzerland http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005) http://www.word.mvps.org This reply is posted in the Newsgroup; please post any follow question or reply in the newsgroup and not by e-mail :-) |
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Hi Charles,
Just a note. Unfortunately Word XP and 2003 do allow saving a template as a document. Someone with more pull than brains apparently got that through. Well I'll be... The things we take for granted head-shake. At least it does give a warning about losing AutoText entries. As far as I know, that the only thing that differentiates the two, any more. Thanks for the heads up :-) -- Cindy Meister |
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Cindy M -WordMVP- wrote:
Well I'll be... The things we take for granted head-shake. Well, that's certainly a plus for Word 2007: we all won't be taking much for granted, there, I wager ... ;-) Greetinx Robert -- /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign | MS \ / | MVP X Against HTML | for / \ in e-mail & news | Word |
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