Can I lock the position of text boxes and picture frames?

[skyward]

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text boxes and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete. They also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

 

[Mary Sauer]

You can't do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be some program
around that stifles creativity.

 

[Mary Sauer]

I want to apologize for the above message. There is no excuse for my being rude.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think outside of
the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no winning this
battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

 

[DavidF]

Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone ranger.
When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My response was "
Just print the templates out and give the little kiddies one crayon, and
make sure they stay inside the box...you sure wouldn't want them to actually
think, get creative or learn something".

DavidF

 

[JoAnn Paules]

Unfortunately what is meant as encouragement is often misread as criticism.
It's funny because I welcome the chance to be creative and to do things that
aren't so tied down. I'm dealing with that right now. I need to make a cover
for tech manual. It has graphics on the cover and all I have here is Word.
It goes without saying I find what I need and then do the work at home in
Publisher. I can create a .pdf file and send that to the printer. Gotta
think outside of the box.

Now if you happen to know of a site with some great images of an Abrams tank
and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, I'd appreciate it. Seriously. Line art would
be fantastic but at this point I may have to use photos.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

You certainly can encourage people without being rude. Mary demonstrates
that 99.9% of the time, by first answering the OP questions in a
nonjudgmental and non-critical way, and then offering alternatives. She
offers solutions and answers to the poster's questions instead of
non-constructive criticism. There is a big difference between
"encouraging" someone and just criticizing them in a rude manner. She
recognizes the difference.

DavidF

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think outside
of the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no winning
this battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone
ranger. When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My
response was " Just print the templates out and give the little kiddies
one crayon, and make sure they stay inside the box...you sure wouldn't
want them to actually think, get creative or learn something".

DavidF

I want to apologize for the above message. There is no excuse for my
being rude.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You can't do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be some
program around that stifles creativity.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation
of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text
boxes and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete.
They also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything
else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

 

[DavidF]

You certainly can encourage people without being rude. Mary demonstrates
that 99.9% of the time, by first answering the OP questions in a
nonjudgmental and non-critical way, and then offering alternatives. She
offers solutions and answers to the poster's questions instead of
non-constructive criticism. There is a big difference between "encouraging"
someone and just criticizing them in a rude manner. She recognizes the
difference.

DavidF

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think outside
of the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no winning this
battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone ranger.
When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My response was
" Just print the templates out and give the little kiddies one crayon,
and make sure they stay inside the box...you sure wouldn't want them to
actually think, get creative or learn something".

DavidF

 

[Mary Sauer]

http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/U...-Vehicles/Abrams-Series-Tank/army-m1-tank.htm
(page one and two)
http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/U...ed-Vehicles/Bradley_Fighting_Veh/army-bfv.htm
(page 2)

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/

Unfortunately what is meant as encouragement is often misread as criticism.
It's funny because I welcome the chance to be creative and to do things that
aren't so tied down. I'm dealing with that right now. I need to make a cover
for tech manual. It has graphics on the cover and all I have here is Word. It
goes without saying I find what I need and then do the work at home in
Publisher. I can create a .pdf file and send that to the printer. Gotta think
outside of the box.

Now if you happen to know of a site with some great images of an Abrams tank
and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, I'd appreciate it. Seriously. Line art would
be fantastic but at this point I may have to use photos.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

You certainly can encourage people without being rude. Mary demonstrates that
99.9% of the time, by first answering the OP questions in a nonjudgmental and
non-critical way, and then offering alternatives. She offers solutions and
answers to the poster's questions instead of non-constructive criticism.
There is a big difference between "encouraging" someone and just criticizing
them in a rude manner. She recognizes the difference.

DavidF

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think outside of
the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no winning this
battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone ranger.
When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My response was "
Just print the templates out and give the little kiddies one crayon, and
make sure they stay inside the box...you sure wouldn't want them to
actually think, get creative or learn something".

DavidF

I want to apologize for the above message. There is no excuse for my being
rude.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You can't do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be some
program around that stifles creativity.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text boxes
and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete. They
also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything
else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

 

[Mary Sauer]

Thanks David for the encouragement. I had a horrendous morning. No excuse I
know. The poster could do a form in Acrobat Professional and maybe something in
Word.

 

[JoAnn Paules]

I've been googling images all day and don't remember seeing that site. What
search engine do you use??? I gotta start using that one.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/U...-Vehicles/Abrams-Series-Tank/army-m1-tank.htm
(page one and two)
http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/U...ed-Vehicles/Bradley_Fighting_Veh/army-bfv.htm
(page 2)

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

Unfortunately what is meant as encouragement is often misread as
criticism. It's funny because I welcome the chance to be creative and to
do things that aren't so tied down. I'm dealing with that right now. I
need to make a cover for tech manual. It has graphics on the cover and
all I have here is Word. It goes without saying I find what I need and
then do the work at home in Publisher. I can create a .pdf file and send
that to the printer. Gotta think outside of the box.

Now if you happen to know of a site with some great images of an Abrams
tank and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, I'd appreciate it. Seriously. Line
art would be fantastic but at this point I may have to use photos.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

You certainly can encourage people without being rude. Mary demonstrates
that 99.9% of the time, by first answering the OP questions in a
nonjudgmental and non-critical way, and then offering alternatives. She
offers solutions and answers to the poster's questions instead of
non-constructive criticism. There is a big difference between
"encouraging" someone and just criticizing them in a rude manner. She
recognizes the difference.

DavidF

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think
outside of the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no
winning this battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone
ranger. When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My
response was " Just print the templates out and give the little
kiddies one crayon, and make sure they stay inside the box...you sure
wouldn't want them to actually think, get creative or learn
something".

DavidF

I want to apologize for the above message. There is no excuse for my
being rude.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You can't do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be
some program around that stifles creativity.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation
of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text
boxes and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete.
They also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything
else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

 

[DavidF]

Like I said, she understands the difference between encouragement and just
criticism. And she doesn't paint or try to rationalize non-constructive
criticism as encouragement.

DavidF

Unfortunately what is meant as encouragement is often misread as
criticism. It's funny because I welcome the chance to be creative and to
do things that aren't so tied down. I'm dealing with that right now. I
need to make a cover for tech manual. It has graphics on the cover and all
I have here is Word. It goes without saying I find what I need and then do
the work at home in Publisher. I can create a .pdf file and send that to
the printer. Gotta think outside of the box.

Now if you happen to know of a site with some great images of an Abrams
tank and a Bradley Fighting Vehicle, I'd appreciate it. Seriously. Line
art would be fantastic but at this point I may have to use photos.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375

You certainly can encourage people without being rude. Mary demonstrates
that 99.9% of the time, by first answering the OP questions in a
nonjudgmental and non-critical way, and then offering alternatives. She
offers solutions and answers to the poster's questions instead of
non-constructive criticism. There is a big difference between
"encouraging" someone and just criticizing them in a rude manner. She
recognizes the difference.

DavidF

And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think
outside of the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no
winning this battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


Mary,

Ah Mary...even you are human. Don't feel too bad or like the lone
ranger. When I first read the question I had a similar reaction. My
response was " Just print the templates out and give the little kiddies
one crayon, and make sure they stay inside the box...you sure wouldn't
want them to actually think, get creative or learn something".

DavidF

I want to apologize for the above message. There is no excuse for my
being rude.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

You can't do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be
some program around that stifles creativity.

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation
of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text
boxes and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete.
They also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything
else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

 

[Rudy Diaz]

It has nothing to do with being creative or not. You don't know what her or his goals are, maybe he/she wants an assignment to be in a certain format and for that particular assignment he/she wants it inside the box. You can't judge so quickly.Later I am sure there will be an assignment that students can then use their creativity but for this assignment this person wants it to be more structured.

I want to create a few templates for students to use in the creation of a
school magazine. I want to create the page layout with some text boxes and
empty picture frames, which they can edit but can't move or delete. They also
shouldn't be able to add new text boxes, picture frames or anything else. Is
this all possible? Is so, how?

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:38 AM Mary Sauer wrote:
You cannot do this in Publisher. Do a search, surely there must be some program
around that stifles creativity.

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 9:25 AM JoAnn Paules wrote:
And yet when we encourage/challenge them to be creative and think outside of
the box, then that is perceived as being rude. There's no winning this
battle.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


news:[email protected]...

//www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/US_ARMY/Equipment/Tracked-Vehicles/Abrams-Series-Tank/army-m1-tank.htm[/URL]
(page one and two)
http://www.ndu.edu/nwc/nwcCLIPART/U...ed-Vehicles/Bradley_Fighting_Veh/army-bfv.htm
(page 2)

--
Mary Sauer MSFT MVP
http://office.microsoft.com/
http://msauer.mvps.org/
news://msnews.microsoft.com

news:[email protected]...

On Thursday, August 30, 2007 11:40 AM JoAnn Paules wrote:
I've been googling images all day and don't remember seeing that site. What
search engine do you use??? I gotta start using that one.

--
JoAnn Paules
MVP Microsoft [Publisher]

~~~~~
How to ask a question
http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375


news:[email protected]...

 

[Rudy Diaz]

I for example teach a Tv production class and I want a weather forecast template for my weather and for this reason I would want a weather forecast template to have the ability to be locked. I want my weather segment to be consistent from newscast to newscast.

Submitted via EggHeadCafe
SQL Server Best Practices
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...a-eca25b6cd427/sql-server-best-practices.aspx

 

[MLS]

You do realize you are commenting on a 2007 post...



Mary
"Rudy Diaz" wrote in message
I for example teach a Tv production class and I want a weather forecast template
for my weather and for this reason I would want a weather forecast template to
have the ability to be locked. I want my weather segment to be consistent from
newscast to newscast.

Submitted via EggHeadCafe
SQL Server Best Practices
http://www.eggheadcafe.com/tutorial...a-eca25b6cd427/sql-server-best-practices.aspx