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Tools, Options ... making them stick!
Hi all,
I've developed a template that will be distributed far and wide. I have set up various Tools, Options settings (e.g. show Hidden Text, Print Colors as black and white on non-color printers, etc.) Is there a way of ensuring these options "stick" when the template is circulated? I've tried it on the two other PCs in my office but these are all "hybrids" of each other. Can I be confident that my template will take these options with them? I am using Word XP, I suspect most of the recipients will be using same ... although some may be using Word 2000 (who know, perhaps even Word 97 ....) Thanks! SM |
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No, you can't be confident of this. Those are personalised settings,
determined by the end-users' preferences as saved in their respective normal.dot files. You could put an AutoStart macro in your template to set these things explicitly; but unless this is a *very* special application, it would be ill-mannered, and indeed irresponsible, to do that. If you're merely trying to control how the document looks on screen, distribute a PDF. But if it's really a template, how the users choose to go about their editing is not your responsibility. "Sharon M." wrote in message ... Hi all, I've developed a template that will be distributed far and wide. I have set up various Tools, Options settings (e.g. show Hidden Text, Print Colors as black and white on non-color printers, etc.) Is there a way of ensuring these options "stick" when the template is circulated? I've tried it on the two other PCs in my office but these are all "hybrids" of each other. Can I be confident that my template will take these options with them? I am using Word XP, I suspect most of the recipients will be using same ... although some may be using Word 2000 (who know, perhaps even Word 97 ...) Thanks! SM |
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Seconding Jezebel's remarks about not having your settings imposed
automatically... I would add that you could send along a macro that would put the settings in place in a document that explains what the macro would do and gives the user the ability to implement your settings as a matter of user choice. You can also make your template so it won't work and will display error messages if the settings are something other than you need. -- 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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome! My criminal defense site: http://addbalance.com --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Sharon M." wrote in message ... Hi all, I've developed a template that will be distributed far and wide. I have set up various Tools, Options settings (e.g. show Hidden Text, Print Colors as black and white on non-color printers, etc.) Is there a way of ensuring these options "stick" when the template is circulated? I've tried it on the two other PCs in my office but these are all "hybrids" of each other. Can I be confident that my template will take these options with them? I am using Word XP, I suspect most of the recipients will be using same ... although some may be using Word 2000 (who know, perhaps even Word 97 ...) Thanks! SM |
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Hi Jezebel and Charles,
Thanks for the info. I'm a very inoffensive person so, yep, I fully agree with the ill-mannered and irresponsible comment ... :-) Except ... I am trying to make how the users edit their document my responsibiltiy. My intention is honourable though. Coincidentally it stems from an earlier (brilliant) solution from Charles concerning using hidden text in floating text boxes that are intended as help prompts for the recipients of the template. :-) OK, then. I'll figure out how to be polite and forceful all at the same time!! Sharon "Jezebel" wrote: No, you can't be confident of this. Those are personalised settings, determined by the end-users' preferences as saved in their respective normal.dot files. You could put an AutoStart macro in your template to set these things explicitly; but unless this is a *very* special application, it would be ill-mannered, and indeed irresponsible, to do that. If you're merely trying to control how the document looks on screen, distribute a PDF. But if it's really a template, how the users choose to go about their editing is not your responsibility. "Sharon M." wrote in message ... Hi all, I've developed a template that will be distributed far and wide. I have set up various Tools, Options settings (e.g. show Hidden Text, Print Colors as black and white on non-color printers, etc.) Is there a way of ensuring these options "stick" when the template is circulated? I've tried it on the two other PCs in my office but these are all "hybrids" of each other. Can I be confident that my template will take these options with them? I am using Word XP, I suspect most of the recipients will be using same ... although some may be using Word 2000 (who know, perhaps even Word 97 ...) Thanks! SM |
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