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Templates vs Forms
Can someone give me a basic explanation of what a template is vs. what a form
is? I'm trying to detemine which one I need to use. I want to create a document that is pre-formated to send to someone so that they enter information (text and pictures) into certain areas on the page. This document will be used on a recurring basis. -- skippy |
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Templates vs Forms
You can have a template for a form. Templates are basically skeletons. What
you want is a form. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "skippypete" wrote in message ... Can someone give me a basic explanation of what a template is vs. what a form is? I'm trying to detemine which one I need to use. I want to create a document that is pre-formated to send to someone so that they enter information (text and pictures) into certain areas on the page. This document will be used on a recurring basis. -- skippy |
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Templates vs Forms
It sounds like what you need is a form saved as a template. :-)
A template is just like a cookie cutter that you use to create many cookies that all start off looking the same. Now, by the time the cookies are finished they may not look identical, some frosted, some not, etc, but they are still similar and originally cut using the same mold. When you want to create several similar documents, you first create your template. You build your primary structure, add the pre-formatting, and save it as a Template. When user that fills in the form uses your template, they will create new documents based on your template as needed. That way each document starts out the same but in the end are separate documents and can contain different content. Please post all follow-up questions to the newsgroup. Requests for assistance by email cannot be acknowledged. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beth Melton Microsoft Office MVP Coauthor of Word 2007 Inside Out: http://www.microsoft.com/MSPress/boo...x#AboutTheBook Word FAQ: http://mvps.org/word TechTrax eZine: http://mousetrax.com/techtrax/ MVP FAQ site: http://mvps.org/ "skippypete" wrote in message ... Can someone give me a basic explanation of what a template is vs. what a form is? I'm trying to detemine which one I need to use. I want to create a document that is pre-formated to send to someone so that they enter information (text and pictures) into certain areas on the page. This document will be used on a recurring basis. -- skippy |
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