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TonyJollans
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Hi KDM2005,
It rather depends on what the formatting is (probably also depends on your e-mail client - and the recipient's). Try sending in RTF or HTML format - or, to be safe, send the document as an attachment.
Enjoy,
Tony
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It rather depends on what the formatting is (probably also depends on your e-mail client - and the recipient's). Try sending in RTF or HTML format - or, to be safe, send the document as an attachment.
Enjoy,
Tony
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Hi KDM2005,
If the format of a document changes when it is opened on a different computer there are two possible reasons I know of. One is the printer (and you have no control over this although you could minimise the likelihood of it by choosing 'safe' settings and layouts); the other is the template.
Every document has an 'attached' template (attached by name only) - by default, normal.dot - and Word will open the template with the document if it can find it. When you send a document to someone without its template Word will use the version of the template on the other person's computer and that may have different settings which can affect formatting. You can mitigate some of the effects by good use of styles in the document or you can send the template with the document. The first place Word looks for a template (other than normal.dot) is in the same directory as the document it is opening but this doesn't extend as far as inside the same zipped file so you would need a certain rigour in behaviour on the part of your recipient(s).
If you are sending out a form to be filled in and returned, when it is returned you should see it in your original format even if that wasn't exactly what the other person saw. Or, if it is to be printed and filled in on paper you might consider sending it as a PDF.
Enjoy,
Tony
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If the format of a document changes when it is opened on a different computer there are two possible reasons I know of. One is the printer (and you have no control over this although you could minimise the likelihood of it by choosing 'safe' settings and layouts); the other is the template.
Every document has an 'attached' template (attached by name only) - by default, normal.dot - and Word will open the template with the document if it can find it. When you send a document to someone without its template Word will use the version of the template on the other person's computer and that may have different settings which can affect formatting. You can mitigate some of the effects by good use of styles in the document or you can send the template with the document. The first place Word looks for a template (other than normal.dot) is in the same directory as the document it is opening but this doesn't extend as far as inside the same zipped file so you would need a certain rigour in behaviour on the part of your recipient(s).
If you are sending out a form to be filled in and returned, when it is returned you should see it in your original format even if that wasn't exactly what the other person saw. Or, if it is to be printed and filled in on paper you might consider sending it as a PDF.
Enjoy,
Tony
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