I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.

GrapeLust,
Maybe this will help:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm
Luc
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I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.

What you are describing is a protected form. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

--
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.

"GrapeLust" wrote in message
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I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

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!
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"GrapeLust" wrote in message
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I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.

Thanks again for all the help, I guess I just kept overlooking that area of
tools.I knew it seemed to simple.Thanks to everyone for the amazingly quick
responses.
"Luc" wrote:

GrapeLust,
Maybe this will help:
http://www.officearticles.com/word/c...osoft_word.htm
Luc
"GrapeLust" schreef in bericht
...
I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.

"Charles Kenyon" wrote:

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form." Check this
in help. For more about online forms, follow the links at
http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms or
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm especially Dian
Chapman's series of articles. You may also want to look at
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/TblsFl...nesInForms.htm.

Hope this helps,
--

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!
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"GrapeLust" wrote in message
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I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.



Thanks again for all the help, I guess I just kept overlooking that area of tools.I knew it seemed to simple.Thanks to everyone for the amazingly quick responses.

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

What you are describing is a protected form. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

--
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.

"GrapeLust" wrote in message
...
I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.


Thanks again for all the help, I guess I just kept overlooking that area of tools.I knew it seemed to simple.Thanks to everyone for the amazingly quick responses.

[ANGEL]

"GrapeLust" wrote:

I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.
how do i do that?

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

What you are describing is a protected form. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...nTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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"GrapeLust" wrote:

I have made some great templates from a word document for my invoicing
and
estimates.I no longer wish to handwrite on the printed documents.I would
like
to able to convert these to a template that I can type on without
changing
the documents layout.Almost like a read only but with the ability to type
in
the blank spaces the customers information.Thanks in advance Scott C.
how do i do that?