Default template (again.....)

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Michael

HELP!

I've looked everywhere to solve this one and searched Google and read
most articles on http://word.mvps.org, but I just can't find an
answer.

We're in a LAN with several hundred users which all use Word.

What I want to do for ALL the users is the following:

let Word start with a default font set to Syntax 10 (or whatever) en
let all the following documents have the same settings (File > New, or
the document icon) and have all the headings etc. also use this font.

So far I found out that sharing the normal.dot on the network is NOT a
good idea. I've tried to use an *.dot in the startup folder (the one
for Word offcourse), this does nothing that I want.
Let Word start with an /*.dot parameter only works for the first
document, all the rest is based on the normal.dot.
Change the Word icon to an *.dot on the network also works for the
first document only...

There must be an easier way to do this... BTW: changing the file>new
icons to the *.dot is not an option as this has to be done voor 100's
of users and we distribute Word with unicenter.

Is there a way to solve this one with a template of some sort.

thanks in advance!

Michael
 
The default font (set in normal.dot) is irrelevant. What you need to do is
provide *document* templates that are configured for your company documents
and insist that your users employ them for creating those company documents.
You can make a set of document templates available to all via your network
by pointing them all to the same Workgroup folder folder.

You could, when rolling out Word to new users provide them with a standard
normal.dot template, but you have no control over that template. Some
companies restore a standard normal.dot file at log-in, but this stifles
productivity and I wouldn't for a company that employed such tactics.

Insisting the users adopt the correct document templates is matter of
elementary training and could be made a condition of employment


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