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Applying a template -- Word 2007
How can I apply a template to a document?
ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates
button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
"bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Thank you! This appears to be yet another instance of MS deciding that hiding things from users is the thing to do. It didn't occur to me to try looking around "developer" for template choices (& if it had, what I wanted would probably have been somewhere even more obscure), and "help" wasn't any when I searched for apply, change, or use template, although create shows up fairly near the top of those "results". Somehow I never thought that applying a (different) template was such an advanced task that it needed to be hidden from less exalted users -- I'm sure I'm not the only mere mortal who has started with the wrong template & just wanted to apply the right one. I don't understand why that is a "developer" task like some of the others listed. Do the usability experts at MS make a special effort to find out how people do things or where they expect (or hope) to find menu choices so they can then make it more difficult, or what? I do have Developer tab displayed, but if I didn't I wouldn't know why -- or what relegated me to the "non-developer-tasks-only" ranks. Is that tab something that isn't always displayed -- & why wouldn't it be? Thanks again. bj |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
The Developer tab is not displayed by default (there's a check box at Word Options | Popular to display it), and its contents are, by and large, considered tools not used by casual end users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org Thank you! This appears to be yet another instance of MS deciding that hiding things from users is the thing to do. It didn't occur to me to try looking around "developer" for template choices (& if it had, what I wanted would probably have been somewhere even more obscure), and "help" wasn't any when I searched for apply, change, or use template, although create shows up fairly near the top of those "results". Somehow I never thought that applying a (different) template was such an advanced task that it needed to be hidden from less exalted users -- I'm sure I'm not the only mere mortal who has started with the wrong template & just wanted to apply the right one. I don't understand why that is a "developer" task like some of the others listed. Do the usability experts at MS make a special effort to find out how people do things or where they expect (or hope) to find menu choices so they can then make it more difficult, or what? I do have Developer tab displayed, but if I didn't I wouldn't know why -- or what relegated me to the "non-developer-tasks-only" ranks. Is that tab something that isn't always displayed -- & why wouldn't it be? Thanks again. bj |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
Well, I don't know how it got checked on my setup, but it is. I wouldn't
have considered myself a "developer" or that making a simple template was "authoring", let alone that merely wanting to *apply* a template came under such advance use! (I don't do macros, never having had any success with even modest efforts, & I don't know what xml means) MS has some strange ideas. And/or I'm just strange myself. But no wonder I do so many things by the "brute force" method -- the so-called easy way is way too hard to even find! (and "help" doesn't.) The Really Funny Thing is that until v. 2007 I managed to figure out just about everything I actually needed to *do* & get it done without tearing out my hair. V. 2007 has been brilliantly constructed to drive me (& I suspect not *just* me) nutz. Thanks again for your help. bj "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The Developer tab is not displayed by default (there's a check box at Word Options | Popular to display it), and its contents are, by and large, considered tools not used by casual end users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
Be assured you are not alone in finding Word 2007 difficult to navigate. The
general impression from the outset was that it would make "advanced" features more "discoverable" for the average (and especially beginning) user but that it would be a general pain for power users who knew where everything was on every menu. That has proved true to some extent, with the added downside that average/beginning users are lured into using features they don't know how to use. Yes, it's very easy to add a cover sheet, header, TOC, or watermark, but when you change your mind, trying to remove or modify it is not so easy. And some features are much more complicated even for power users, who have to figure out how to do things "manually" instead of using the glitzy shortcuts (how to insert a simple page number, for example, that won't erase an existing header). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... Well, I don't know how it got checked on my setup, but it is. I wouldn't have considered myself a "developer" or that making a simple template was "authoring", let alone that merely wanting to *apply* a template came under such advance use! (I don't do macros, never having had any success with even modest efforts, & I don't know what xml means) MS has some strange ideas. And/or I'm just strange myself. But no wonder I do so many things by the "brute force" method -- the so-called easy way is way too hard to even find! (and "help" doesn't.) The Really Funny Thing is that until v. 2007 I managed to figure out just about everything I actually needed to *do* & get it done without tearing out my hair. V. 2007 has been brilliantly constructed to drive me (& I suspect not *just* me) nutz. Thanks again for your help. bj "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... The Developer tab is not displayed by default (there's a check box at Word Options | Popular to display it), and its contents are, by and large, considered tools not used by casual end users. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
Ms. Barnhill, Thank you for the time you took to write me this response. I am not able to work on Word until later in the evening, but I wanted to thank you and will give it a go later . Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj . |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
You're very welcome.
-- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Palmilla" wrote in message ... Ms. Barnhill, Thank you for the time you took to write me this response. I am not able to work on Word until later in the evening, but I wanted to thank you and will give it a go later . Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj . |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
Ok, I missing a step here.
This is what I have done. I have accessed the "long way around" Office - Word Option - Add-ins - Selected Templates in the Manage dropdown and click go€¦ But where do you go from there? Thanks Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're very welcome. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Palmilla" wrote in message ... Ms. Barnhill, Thank you for the time you took to write me this response. I am not able to work on Word until later in the evening, but I wanted to thank you and will give it a go later . Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj . . |
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Applying a template -- Word 2007
I was assuming you already knew how to attach a template. Navigate to the
template you want to attach and click Attach... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Palmilla" wrote in message ... Ok, I missing a step here. This is what I have done. I have accessed the "long way around" Office - Word Option - Add-ins - Selected Templates in the Manage dropdown and click go€¦ But where do you go from there? Thanks Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You're very welcome. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "Palmilla" wrote in message ... Ms. Barnhill, Thank you for the time you took to write me this response. I am not able to work on Word until later in the evening, but I wanted to thank you and will give it a go later . Linda "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You can access the classic Templates and Add-ins dialog from the Templates button on the Developer tab if you have that displayed. If not, you'll need to take the long way round: Office Button | Word Options | Add-ins. At the bottom of the dialog, select Templates in the Manage... dropdown and click Go... -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA http://word.mvps.org "bjm" wrote in message ... How can I apply a template to a document? ISTM there was such a specific command in previous version(s) of Word but I can't find it in 2007. I want to apply a template to a document that's in another (or nothing special) template format (with a different set of paragraph styles & so on). I don't want to have to cut & paste the entire thing into a "new doc" created with my template. Thanks for any help. Searching "help" didn't help; I probably searched for the wrong thing, it's probably under something entirely else but I can't think what. bj . . |
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