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Attaching Autotext to Word Document 1
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What version?
Generally, in organizer, the document is on the left and the template is on the right. If it's not normal.dot, hit Close (close button changes to open), then hit Open and find normal.dot.
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Generally, in organizer, the document is on the left and the template is on the right. If it's not normal.dot, hit Close (close button changes to open), then hit Open and find normal.dot.
techsupportgirl@home.com
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jfhewitt,
When you open Word, close the blank document that Word opens (Document 1), then open just the document you want to transfer the autotext entry into. That way you will have just that one document open. When you go into the Organizer you will only see your document and the normal.dot files in there.
Hope this helps.
When you open Word, close the blank document that Word opens (Document 1), then open just the document you want to transfer the autotext entry into. That way you will have just that one document open. When you go into the Organizer you will only see your document and the normal.dot files in there.
Hope this helps.
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Doh!! Donna is absolutely right. bkpchs237 should know this too! LOL LOL
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techsupportgirl@home.com
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I seem to have a post that got lost...Donna and Dreamboat hit it. When I go into Organizer in Add-Ins or Macro editor, I will get a word document window for Macros, Toolbars and Styles, but not Autotext. I wonder why this is??? It would be convenient to attach all items to a document, since I passionately HATE templates. The concept is good, but the execution is disasterously confusing. Thanks to you all!
Ehem..."by design" is what you'll get from MS.
You can store the autotexts into your normal.dot. Just make sure that you make a copy of your normal.dot afterwards and put it in a safe place so you can get it back.
techsupportgirl@home.com
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You can store the autotexts into your normal.dot. Just make sure that you make a copy of your normal.dot afterwards and put it in a safe place so you can get it back.
techsupportgirl@home.com
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Just to finish up this discussion, I'm helping my daughter. She wants to attach all macros and autotext to one document file, to be loaded on a floppy and provided the user. That way, the user can call up the doc file and have access to both macros and autotext, without having to access his/her normal.dot template. This can be accomplished by having the user load his autotext manually, but it seems more efficient if it is all self-contained. Your sugestion is a good, one however. It is probably a good idea to store your normal.dot file in a backup.
Now I'm curious! Why do you hate templates?
techsupportgirl@home.com
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techsupportgirl@home.com
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Many people are confused by templates because they open them, instead of using the template properly:
If you open a document, hit File-Save as, change the files of type to Document template, Word automatically stores it in the appropriate folder and you should not change that location. You should then close the template and open it only to change the actual template (by hitting file-open and change files of type to templates and browse to your templates folder).
Whenever you want to use the template, you hit File-New (you can put a button on the toolbar to access it too by recording a macro).
You can share templates on a network by placing it in the workgroup templates location under Tools-Options-File locations tab.
If you want to learn more (or perhaps you already know this stuff and still don't like templates!), you can go to hit the search, and type in "template" without the quotes.
I didn't like templates until I understood them.
techsupportgirl@home.com
Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
If you open a document, hit File-Save as, change the files of type to Document template, Word automatically stores it in the appropriate folder and you should not change that location. You should then close the template and open it only to change the actual template (by hitting file-open and change files of type to templates and browse to your templates folder).
Whenever you want to use the template, you hit File-New (you can put a button on the toolbar to access it too by recording a macro).
You can share templates on a network by placing it in the workgroup templates location under Tools-Options-File locations tab.
If you want to learn more (or perhaps you already know this stuff and still don't like templates!), you can go to hit the search, and type in "template" without the quotes.
I didn't like templates until I understood them.
techsupportgirl@home.com
Brainbench MVP for Microsoft Word
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