Template Codes/Signature

[Sprinks]

I'm not sure this is the correct forum, but our department has 10-12
templates that we all use. Up to now, we've been maintaining our own copies
in our Office Template folder, but would prefer to keep one authoritative
copy in our departmental folder, and configure each user's Word to look in
that folder also.

We can insert a Field code to insert the username, but we'd like to insert a
scanned signature also, tied to the user.

Does anyone know how to do this?

Thanks for all help.
Sprinks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

You would get better answers by posting separate questions separately.

Look into workgroup templates. For more on the different kinds of templates
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.

A scanned signature could be put in AutoText with each user having an
individual global template on his/her computer that holds the AutoText. See
http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions
on moving / sharing / copying customizations including AutoText,
AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, macros, etc. Note, though, even if each
user has his/her own template to hold the AutoText, once a scanned signature
is in a document, it can be easily copied to another document.

 

[Sprinks]

Thank you for responding, Charles. And, yes, it is my habit to limit my
question to a single topic. I guess my Subject heading was misleading--I
know how to set up the Workgroup Templates; I was asking only how to add the
signatures.

Unfortunately, your enclosed link is an index page of many topics. I
searched it for AutoText without success. If you could provide additional
information on where it's located on this page, I'd appreciate it.

Thank you.
Sprinks

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The first link is a (long) page or chapter on templates. The second is on
building a global template and including AutoText in it (among other
things). Global templates are very different from workgroup templates which
are a collection of document templates.

If you go to http://addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#AutoText you'll
find all the links I've gathered about AutoText.