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Embedding templates into a Word document?
Is it possible to embed a template into a Word document? (Or at least,
I think that is the way to do it) On our end, we are writing several documents that are similar in subject and thus we want to look similar in appearance. But they will be linked to different places on the web, so they have to be different files. (My direction is not to use PDFs because it is desired that if data changes the person we are delivering this to could change the documents themselves.) Generally, the way I would do this is using a template, but that template obviously won't be on all the machines that open the file (some will even be opening with the Word Viewer) We are using Word 2003 (11.8106.8107) SP2 to make the documents with. Is there some way to embed the styles into the document so I can still create using a template but the person opening the file does not need the template on their own machine? Is there another way to reach this same goal? Thanks! Sarah Schreffler |
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Embedding templates into a Word document?
You're worrying about this for no reason. When you create the document, it
inherits a copy of the styles that your template contains. After that, the document has its own set of styles, independent of the template, which will travel with it wherever it goes. This is explained much better and at greater length at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html. Also have a look at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. SSchreffler wrote: Is it possible to embed a template into a Word document? (Or at least, I think that is the way to do it) On our end, we are writing several documents that are similar in subject and thus we want to look similar in appearance. But they will be linked to different places on the web, so they have to be different files. (My direction is not to use PDFs because it is desired that if data changes the person we are delivering this to could change the documents themselves.) Generally, the way I would do this is using a template, but that template obviously won't be on all the machines that open the file (some will even be opening with the Word Viewer) We are using Word 2003 (11.8106.8107) SP2 to make the documents with. Is there some way to embed the styles into the document so I can still create using a template but the person opening the file does not need the template on their own machine? Is there another way to reach this same goal? Thanks! Sarah Schreffler |
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Embedding templates into a Word document?
The recipients don't need the template unless they have to generate *new*
docs based on it. When you create a doc based on a certain template the template is "attached" to the doc - IOW the styles travel with the doc. More important is that the recipients have the same fonts & printer drivers as those used to set up & create the doc. Otherwise the doc may not flow, display or print the same on the other system. -- HTH |:) Bob Jones [MVP] Office:Mac "SSchreffler" wrote in message oups.com... Is it possible to embed a template into a Word document? (Or at least, I think that is the way to do it) On our end, we are writing several documents that are similar in subject and thus we want to look similar in appearance. But they will be linked to different places on the web, so they have to be different files. (My direction is not to use PDFs because it is desired that if data changes the person we are delivering this to could change the documents themselves.) Generally, the way I would do this is using a template, but that template obviously won't be on all the machines that open the file (some will even be opening with the Word Viewer) We are using Word 2003 (11.8106.8107) SP2 to make the documents with. Is there some way to embed the styles into the document so I can still create using a template but the person opening the file does not need the template on their own machine? Is there another way to reach this same goal? Thanks! Sarah Schreffler |
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Embedding templates into a Word document?
Thank you!
This is what I needed to find out. --Sarah Jay Freedman wrote: You're worrying about this for no reason. When you create the document, it inherits a copy of the styles that your template contains. After that, the document has its own set of styles, independent of the template, which will travel with it wherever it goes. This is explained much better and at greater length at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/temp...ons/index.html. Also have a look at http://www.shaunakelly.com/word/atta...ate/index.html. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. SSchreffler wrote: Is it possible to embed a template into a Word document? (Or at least, I think that is the way to do it) On our end, we are writing several documents that are similar in subject and thus we want to look similar in appearance. But they will be linked to different places on the web, so they have to be different files. (My direction is not to use PDFs because it is desired that if data changes the person we are delivering this to could change the documents themselves.) Generally, the way I would do this is using a template, but that template obviously won't be on all the machines that open the file (some will even be opening with the Word Viewer) We are using Word 2003 (11.8106.8107) SP2 to make the documents with. Is there some way to embed the styles into the document so I can still create using a template but the person opening the file does not need the template on their own machine? Is there another way to reach this same goal? Thanks! Sarah Schreffler |
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