[Jax]

What is the best way of tackling pre printed stationery?
For example our Quotation Form requires customer, address, date, quote no.
and site address plus being able to type description and prices etc., all
have to be in certain places, having only use Corel wordperfect (which was
very easy to set up I have to say) Microsoft is beyond me. HELP!

[Robert M. Franz (RMF)]

Hello Jax

Jax wrote:
What is the best way of tackling pre printed stationery?
For example our Quotation Form requires customer, address, date, quote no.
and site address plus being able to type description and prices etc., all
have to be in certain places, having only use Corel wordperfect (which was
very easy to set up I have to say) Microsoft is beyond me. HELP!

for a start, you might want to take a look at articles for (and from)
people who faced the same transition you do now:

How Word differs from WordPerfect (by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/WordVsWordPerfect.htm

Is there life after »Reveal Codes«? (by Suzanne S. Barnhill)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/General/RevealCodes.htm

And some fundamental structure/template articles:

Working with Sections (by Dave Rado)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Formatting...thSections.htm

Creating a Template €“ The Basics (Part I, by Suzanne Barnhil)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm

Creating a Template (Part II, by John McGhie)
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart2.htm

Case in point: I usually insert a (borderless) table at the very start
of the document (in the body text area), with as many columns and rows
as I need for this "stationary" material. Set the table to have fixed
widths and esp. row heights. Stuff that is really static can also be
placed (in a table or not) in the (first page's) header. Anything that
needs to be changed frequently (through the user or automation) is
probably better off in the main text area.

HTH
Robert
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