Hi John,
Currently most of our computers are running (Office 2000) Word 2000.
I have a template that I "pass" all the auto text, toolbars and macros
entries from my computer (under Normal.dot).
I then go to each of the other office computers open the Organizer and
delete any necessary entries (like auto text entries) from their individual
Normal.dot side and open the template from above (on our server) that I have
passed info to.
The problem with Word 2007 is that it only allows for this method to "pass"
macros. There is no tab for the autotext and obviously toolbars are not
available.
Aha. Have you ever tried placing the template with the "shared" items in the
users' STARTUP folder? (In this case, it should not be named Normal.dot) That
would have the following advantages
- Fewer steps for you.
- You won't need to alter/remove the users' own customizations
- The users would be less likely to access/change what you provide (they
wouldn't be able to open a macro and edit it, for example)
In addition, Office 2007 provides for other ways to distribute "building
blocks". You might want to read the entries in the Word Team's blog:
http://blogs.msdn.com/microsoft_office_word
Cindy Meister
INTER-Solutions, Switzerland
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Jun 17 2005)
http://www.word.mvps.org
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