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For run of the mill stuff, Normal.dot works fine. I have Word configured so
that when I click the New icon, I have the choice of selecting the template
I want. I don't have to go back and apply it, or anything. I do have
customized templates for various types of documents - as well as client
document templates, so I select the one I need for the task at hand.
Is this what you were asking?
As to why the client's specialized template was based on their customized
normal.dot...don't ask me, I'm just the hired pen!
Jo Byrd
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From: "Goober Writer" <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 12:37 PM
Subject: Re: [HATT] Latest WOPR - Word template mistake
Why customize Normal.dot? Why not use a custom-named *.dot instead? Just
curious.
>
> --- Jo Francis Byrd <jbyrd -at- byrdwrites -dot- com> wrote:
I can verify this. Last contract, the client's doc template had a LOT of
specialized macros - but they only worked if I had the client's Normal.dot
template.
Since my own Normal.dot has a lot of personal customizations and I didn't
wish to lose them, I solved the problem by renaming my Normal.dot and used
theirs instead for the duration of the contract. Once I finished, I renamed
the client's Normal.dot to Client Name Normal.dot and renamed mine back to
Normal.dot.
Clunky, but it worked, and I didn't have to resort to bad language or hair
pulling.
Goober Writer
(because life is too short to be inept)
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