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Autotext and copying to Normal.dot
I am pretty sure what I need to do can't be done, but perhaps someone can
give me a better direction. I have a template that is provided to a customer. The customer uses my template on existing documents to do all sorts of things. The template is never "attached" to the document. I am able to copy my styles over to the document. One of the items that needs to be done deals with AutoText. I have a command that places an Autotext entry into the document. I have the Autotext saved in my template, but I cannot get it to save to the existing document. I now realize that the autotext entry must be saved to the user's Normal.dot. The problem is that I do not (and cannot) know where each of the users are using the Normal.dot from. I will not have any direct contact with these customers and they are in a different city. In vba, how can I copy the autotext to the user's normal.dot - wherever it is. Also, since I really don't want to be doing that anyway, is there any other idea on how to use the autotext? My thought is maybe I will have to attach the existing template to the document anyway. Any ideas, suggestions? Thanks so much. |
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Autotext and copying to Normal.dot
You need to save the AutoText entry in the template you are providing to the
customer. If that template is loaded as a global template (by being placed in Word's Startup folder), the AutoText entry will be available to all documents. It sounds to me as if document templates might be more appropriate, however, if you're providing styles. -- 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. "KAM" wrote in message ... I am pretty sure what I need to do can't be done, but perhaps someone can give me a better direction. I have a template that is provided to a customer. The customer uses my template on existing documents to do all sorts of things. The template is never "attached" to the document. I am able to copy my styles over to the document. One of the items that needs to be done deals with AutoText. I have a command that places an Autotext entry into the document. I have the Autotext saved in my template, but I cannot get it to save to the existing document. I now realize that the autotext entry must be saved to the user's Normal.dot. The problem is that I do not (and cannot) know where each of the users are using the Normal.dot from. I will not have any direct contact with these customers and they are in a different city. In vba, how can I copy the autotext to the user's normal.dot - wherever it is. Also, since I really don't want to be doing that anyway, is there any other idea on how to use the autotext? My thought is maybe I will have to attach the existing template to the document anyway. Any ideas, suggestions? Thanks so much. |
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Autotext and copying to Normal.dot
You can put your AutoText and related macros in a separate global template
and not mess with your users' normal.dot files. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. See http://www.addbalance.com/word/downl...#CheckboxAddIn for an example of how to use a global template that incorporates macros and AutoText. See http://addbalance.com/word/stylesheet.htm for thoughts on using a global template to distribute styles. -- 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. "KAM" wrote in message ... I am pretty sure what I need to do can't be done, but perhaps someone can give me a better direction. I have a template that is provided to a customer. The customer uses my template on existing documents to do all sorts of things. The template is never "attached" to the document. I am able to copy my styles over to the document. One of the items that needs to be done deals with AutoText. I have a command that places an Autotext entry into the document. I have the Autotext saved in my template, but I cannot get it to save to the existing document. I now realize that the autotext entry must be saved to the user's Normal.dot. The problem is that I do not (and cannot) know where each of the users are using the Normal.dot from. I will not have any direct contact with these customers and they are in a different city. In vba, how can I copy the autotext to the user's normal.dot - wherever it is. Also, since I really don't want to be doing that anyway, is there any other idea on how to use the autotext? My thought is maybe I will have to attach the existing template to the document anyway. Any ideas, suggestions? Thanks so much. |
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