TEMPLATES

[Kate]

Can someone PLEASE tell me how to make a template in word.
I have gone to the help and it doesn't help. It shows me
how to protect the WHOLE document but I only want to
Protect part of a document, please help!

Thanks, Kate

 

[Dan Sontup]

Can someone PLEASE tell me how to make a template in word.
I have gone to the help and it doesn't help. It shows me
how to protect the WHOLE document but I only want to
Protect part of a document, please help!

Thanks, Kate

I'm not sure how a template is supposed to "protect" a document, but as a
Word 2000 user for a long time, I've found the Help file useful in how to
create a template. What has worked for me is the following procedure:

1) Open up a new document.

2) Set all the margins and the font and other parameters you want to be
included.

3) Save it as a Document Template.

Unless you specify otherwise, the template will appear under the General tab
in the listng of folders and templates. If you wish, you can set it up in a
new folder of your own designation.

I'm sure there are others in this newsgroup who can add to or correct this
information.

Dan

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You've asked two unrelated questions here. For the first, see
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm.

If you are trying to protect part of a document/template for forms, you need
to insert section breaks between the protected and unprotected portions,
then protect just the specific sections you want protected.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
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[Charles Kenyon]

What you are talking about is what Word calls an "online form" (not a
template, although it can also be a template). Look up this term in Word
help. You may also want to look at Dian Chapman's series of articles:
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LMMArticle.asp?ID=22
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LMMArticle.asp?ID=46
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LMMArticle.asp?ID=119
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LMMArticle.asp?ID=127
http://www.computorcompanion.com/LPMArticle.asp?ID=136


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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide)
<URL: http://addbalance.com/usersguide/index.htm>

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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[Eppie]

I have just been creating some templates and have used section breaks to protect the areas I do not wish users to enter and edit details. To do this I have used the Headers & Footers and added a section break after these, when protecting the document you can then click on the sections button and tick the sections you wish to protect (this might be a bit of trail and error!)

Hoe this helps?