Letterhead Template

[pam]

Created new *.dot (MS Word 2002) Letterhead Template.

Centered at top of page is graphic (inserted from file)
Centered below that is return address (4 lines text)
Centered below that is date - entered as "Field"

All items up to this point utilizing "Style 1" (newly created)

Change to "Style 2" (only difference is font size)
Typed "Dear" (no quotes)

Saved As template with *.dot file format in Template folder (default)

Try as I might (and I've tried almost 50 times now<g>)....I can't get the
new document to open from the dot template with the cursor after the "Dear"
(as in Dear | ) with the " | " being the cursor.

Cursor ALWAYS defaults to bottom left corner of the graphic.

What am I missing?

TIA
pf

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

You need to put your actual letterhead in the document header; see
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm. If you include the date
in the header, then you'll be where you want to be. Otherwise, you can
insert a bookmark at the place where you want to start, record a macro of
going to that bookmark, and name the macro AutoNew, making sure that you
save it in the document template (not Normal.dot).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Charles Kenyon]

As Suzanne said, you want to put your letterhead material in the first-page
header (and footer possibly). In my template I use a click-and-type
macrobutton field prompt for where someone is to start typing. An AutoNew
macro goes to that field. See
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton and
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/TblsFldsFms/UsingMacroButton.htm for more
about macrobutton fields.

Note, the date should be inserted using a CreateDate field, not a Date
field. http://addbalance.com/word/datefields1.htm.

Take a look at: How to set up letterhead or some other document where you
want one header on the first page and a different header on other pages.
http://www.addbalance.com/word/headersfooters.htm This gives step-by-step
instructions. (It also has the following links)

Some other pages to look at:

Letterhead Tips and Instructions
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/Letterhead.htm

Letterhead Textboxes and Styles tutorial
http://addbalance.com/word/download.htm#LetterheadTextboxesAndStylesTutorial

Template Basics
http://www.addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm

How to Create a Template - Part 2 - essential reading
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart2.htm

Word "Forms"
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordwebresources.htm#Forms and

Word for Word Perfect Users
http://www.addbalance.com/word/wordperfect.htm if you are coming from a WP
environment (or even if you are not).

Hope this helps,
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

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


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

I use a UserForm to fill in Inside Address and Salutation, with a GoTo to
place the IP at the beginning of the first text paragraph. Although I'm
probably up to coding that much functionality (with help), I use Bill Coan's
DataPrompter add-in to facilitate this, and I highly recommend it.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[pam]

ssb;

Worked like a charm - thanks so much.
Used the bookmark/macro option due to some physical restrictions on the part
of the end users. (Just easier for him to modify if need be)
Thanks too for the quick reply.
I'll be busy the next few minutes wiping the "egg" from face....<g>

pam