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I have a question. I have a document that I created for
our radio station. It is our ad order and run sheet for
the sales, accounting and production people. We have
been just printing it out, and making copies. We are
trying to go to a paperless office now with everything on
the computer. However I have never created a Template
before and they are wanting this done ASAP. Is there
anyway I can send this doc to someone and have them give
me suggestions on the fastest way to do this?
Thanks
 
Yes, just plan on spending some money.

If, on the other hand, you want to learn to do it yourself, take a look at
the help files on "online forms." There is a lot of useful material on the
MVP FAQ site including:
<URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm>
<URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm>
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Charles Kenyon

See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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LOL... Well, well I guess that answered that. To be
honest, I would pay for someone to do it if we had it.
Being a non-profit station, those funds just are not
there. But it would be a lot easire if someone did do it.
However, I wasn't asking one to do the work, but to give
me some ideas or insight as to how to do it since I am on
a major deadline. I will look at sites you mentioned and
I will see if I can figure it out. Thanks for your help.
 
Do a File->Save As. At the bootom of the Save As dialog box, click the drop-down arrow for Save As Type and choose Document Template from the menu. Word will switch you to the templates directory, which is where you want to save it. Name the template, then click OK to finish saving it.

To use the template, choose File->New from the menu bar. If you are using Word 2000 or older you will see your template in a dialog box. If you are using XP, click the On My Computer link in the Templates area and you will see your template in a dialog box.

Choose the template and click OK. You are now working with a _copy_ of the template, so you can use this template over and over and each time you are starting out with a clean copy of the template.
 
Run an ad on your station asking for a volunteer to come and do it. The
skills aren't that hard to find.
 
Jill
THANK YOU SO MUCH for responding to my question.
Everyone has been so helpful with suggestions and yes I
can go read all of those articles and I will do that. I
did just as you suggested, but in my Document that I
created I drew lines for where they were to put the
information. When we try to just type in it, it moves
everything over. I thought if saving it as a Template as
you suggested this would work. I did do that and opned
it up as new, but same thing happened. Everything moves
when you type into the field. I will keep play with it
and read the articles and see if I can fix it. This was
a lot of work that I do not want to just trash and start
from scratch. But Thank you again so much for your
suggestion.
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Do a File->Save As. At the bootom of the Save As dialog
Click to expand...
box, click the drop-down arrow for Save As Type and
choose Document Template from the menu. Word will switch
you to the templates directory, which is where you want
to save it. Name the template, then click OK to finish
saving it.
To use the template, choose File->New from the menu bar.
Click to expand...
If you are using Word 2000 or older you will see your
template in a dialog box. If you are using XP, click the
On My Computer link in the Templates area and you will
see your template in a dialog box.
Choose the template and click OK. You are now working
Click to expand...
with a _copy_ of the template, so you can use this
template over and over and each time you are starting out
with a clean copy of the template.
 
Thank you for your suggestion and we just may have to do
that. With only 4 of us running a station 24 / 7 it is
hard to do it all. I just hated to trash a doc that I
spent alot of time creating but I guess if we want to do
it paperless I will have to start from scratch or get
someone else to do it. Thank you all for your input.
I guess the easy way is just not going to happen. LOL.
 
Thanks Rita,
Being a radio station we can not be totally paperless.
There is just too much FCC paperwork that has to be done
and filed. As well as contracts with clients. What we
were trying to do was reduce the amount of repeat
paperwork in those 3 departments I was talking about.
But I sure will go there and read about it and see if
there is any other ways we can go as paperless as we can.
Thanks
 
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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