I would insert a macrobutton field with the prompt [Click here to start].
See
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/fields.htm#MacroButton.
If you want, you could also put in an autonew macro that selects that field
when a new document based on your template is created. Since I don't know
what other fields you have, I can't put it here. (I suspect you have a
CreateDate field for the date.) You can record such a macro easily, though.
Turn on macro recording, name your macro AutoNew and make sure it is being
saved in your template. Press the F11 (next field) key until your field is
selected, then stop recording. Save your template and then try it out.
You may want to 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://home.earthlink.net/~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).
If you are interested in creating templates that will work with the letter
wizard or use that wizard, you should look at the chapter on Advanced
Document Formatting in Using Office 2003 (or whatever your version is),
Special Edition, by Ed Bott and Woody Leonhard. It has detailed instructions
including instructions on getting the fields you want from your Outlook
Contacts for addressing a letter. (Chapter 19 of SE Using Office 2003) You
should be able to get this through your public library or at Amazon.com
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=0789729555/balancecheckbookA/
Finally, take a look at the letter templates that come with Word. While they
are no great shakes as letterhead, they do use styles and AutoText lists
very well. If you use the same style names that are used in those templates
in your own letterhead for the same parts of the document, you will have
better luck with using the built-in AutoText entries in Word.
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
See also the MVP FAQ:
http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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