[mikeh]

I was wondering if Word allows updating graphics logo in a header if the
header has been updated in the DOT file.

I have replaced the logo in the DOT file and I thought it would auto update
the header of any doc created with that template once opened.

Am I missing something?
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MikeH wrote:
I was wondering if Word allows updating graphics logo in a header if
the header has been updated in the DOT file.

I have replaced the logo in the DOT file and I thought it would auto
update the header of any doc created with that template once opened.

Am I missing something?

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Mike

MikeH wrote:
I was wondering if Word allows updating graphics logo in a header if the
header has been updated in the DOT file.

I have replaced the logo in the DOT file and I thought it would auto update
the header of any doc created with that template once opened.

Am I missing something?

Yes: the moment you create a new document, it inherits many things from
the template. But from then own, this "child" document is on its own.

[That's a simplification, because a) it has access to VBA code running
in the template, and b) there are mechanisms to play styles back and
forth between the document and its template.]

You can, in theory, create the graphic as a field to an external file
(INCLUDEPICTURE field), and you can insert (parts of) another file
(INCLUDETEXT field). However, more often than not, you might run into
problems that the external content gets unaccessible (if the document is
moved/mailed to another system).

Usually, this should not be a problem in the first place, because you
don't want old documents to suddenly reflect a new logo (on the
contrary). If that's a problem, then maybe you are re-purposing a
document as a template? Can you describe why you want your existing
documents to reflect new logos, instead of creating new documents based
on an updated template?

I've setup templates themselves to contain such fields, but added
Automacros to explicitly break the links when a new document is created
(so that it's stable).

Greetinx
Robert
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[mikeh]

What happened is that I have done 50+ procedures for a client before they
sent me new logo artwork. So I am looking for an easy way to replace the
logo in the header with the minimum number of keystrokes.
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Thanks in Advance.


"Robert M. Franz (RMF)" wrote:

Hi Mike

MikeH wrote:
I was wondering if Word allows updating graphics logo in a header if the
header has been updated in the DOT file.

I have replaced the logo in the DOT file and I thought it would auto update
the header of any doc created with that template once opened.

Am I missing something?

Yes: the moment you create a new document, it inherits many things from
the template. But from then own, this "child" document is on its own.

[That's a simplification, because a) it has access to VBA code running
in the template, and b) there are mechanisms to play styles back and
forth between the document and its template.]

You can, in theory, create the graphic as a field to an external file
(INCLUDEPICTURE field), and you can insert (parts of) another file
(INCLUDETEXT field). However, more often than not, you might run into
problems that the external content gets unaccessible (if the document is
moved/mailed to another system).

Usually, this should not be a problem in the first place, because you
don't want old documents to suddenly reflect a new logo (on the
contrary). If that's a problem, then maybe you are re-purposing a
document as a template? Can you describe why you want your existing
documents to reflect new logos, instead of creating new documents based
on an updated template?

I've setup templates themselves to contain such fields, but added
Automacros to explicitly break the links when a new document is created
(so that it's stable).

Greetinx
Robert
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"MikeH" wrote in message
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I was wondering if Word allows updating graphics logo in a header if the
header has been updated in the DOT file.

I have replaced the logo in the DOT file and I thought it would auto
update
the header of any doc created with that template once opened.

Am I missing something?
--
Thanks in Advance.

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hi Mike

MikeH wrote:
What happened is that I have done 50+ procedures for a client before they
sent me new logo artwork.

Welcome to real world projects (and yes, I can relate to that experience
.... :-)).


So I am looking for an easy way to replace the
logo in the header with the minimum number of keystrokes.

There is VBA code accessible which does a global Find/Replace on a bunch
of files:

How to Find & ReplaceAll on a batch of documents in the same folder (by
Ibby)
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MacrosVBA/BatchFR.htm

With some VBA experience, you can probably adjust that to replace your
picture. The gurus in one of the .vba groups might offer more help, if
you tell them exactly where you inserted the pictures and how you
formatted them.

HTH
Robert
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