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Creating a "Stamp"
I need to create a "stamp" that can be put on documents through Word. It
cannot be a bitmap, because I need to be able to update a date in it all the time. My thought was to create a text box with the language of the stamp in it with a fill-in field for the date. Does anyone have a better idea? Also, I am hoping to be able to assign a macro to call up this stamp when I need it, any thoughts on how to do that? Thanks for your help. |
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Look into AutoText rather than a macro.
When will you be using such a stamp? What do you want the date to reflect? There are various date fields available, but none may meet your needs. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I need to create a "stamp" that can be put on documents through Word. It cannot be a bitmap, because I need to be able to update a date in it all the time. My thought was to create a text box with the language of the stamp in it with a fill-in field for the date. Does anyone have a better idea? Also, I am hoping to be able to assign a macro to call up this stamp when I need it, any thoughts on how to do that? Thanks for your help. |
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I don't know if auto text will work ... I need three separate lines of text,
with the date the document is finalized in the middle. The other two lines of text do not change and it needs to be on right hand side of the page without move the text on the left (there is blank space on the right where the "stamp" will fit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Look into AutoText rather than a macro. When will you be using such a stamp? What do you want the date to reflect? There are various date fields available, but none may meet your needs. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I need to create a "stamp" that can be put on documents through Word. It cannot be a bitmap, because I need to be able to update a date in it all the time. My thought was to create a text box with the language of the stamp in it with a fill-in field for the date. Does anyone have a better idea? Also, I am hoping to be able to assign a macro to call up this stamp when I need it, any thoughts on how to do that? Thanks for your help. |
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Autotext entries can contain fields, graphics etc., so would be a simple way
of adding a formatted entry. If you need the text boxed, I would avoid the use of a text box. A frame or table are the better methods. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Sue wrote: I don't know if auto text will work ... I need three separate lines of text, with the date the document is finalized in the middle. The other two lines of text do not change and it needs to be on right hand side of the page without move the text on the left (there is blank space on the right where the "stamp" will fit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Look into AutoText rather than a macro. When will you be using such a stamp? What do you want the date to reflect? There are various date fields available, but none may meet your needs. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I need to create a "stamp" that can be put on documents through Word. It cannot be a bitmap, because I need to be able to update a date in it all the time. My thought was to create a text box with the language of the stamp in it with a fill-in field for the date. Does anyone have a better idea? Also, I am hoping to be able to assign a macro to call up this stamp when I need it, any thoughts on how to do that? Thanks for your help. |
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You could make a simple frame with your two lines of fixed text. Put a
macrobutton field between those lines, centered, with a prompt to type the date, or one of the fields such as savedate. See http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide...tm#MacroButton and http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFl...acroButton.htm for more about macrobutton fields. You could even use a Date Field if you would remember to unlink it afte your inserted. Then save that frame as an AutoText entry. If you don't need to wrap text around your stamp, you could simply have a specially formatted paragraph with your text. If you need it boxed, you could put a border around the paragraph. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I don't know if auto text will work ... I need three separate lines of text, with the date the document is finalized in the middle. The other two lines of text do not change and it needs to be on right hand side of the page without move the text on the left (there is blank space on the right where the "stamp" will fit. "Charles Kenyon" wrote: Look into AutoText rather than a macro. When will you be using such a stamp? What do you want the date to reflect? There are various date fields available, but none may meet your needs. See http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm for information on the different kinds of datefields and how to format them. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word 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. "Sue" wrote in message ... I need to create a "stamp" that can be put on documents through Word. It cannot be a bitmap, because I need to be able to update a date in it all the time. My thought was to create a text box with the language of the stamp in it with a fill-in field for the date. Does anyone have a better idea? Also, I am hoping to be able to assign a macro to call up this stamp when I need it, any thoughts on how to do that? Thanks for your help. |
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