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Subject:Re: Changing Normal.dot in Word From:"Gene Kim-Eng" <techwr -at- genek -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Tue, 9 Feb 2010 17:49:57 -0800
It would be interesting to know what the past history of template (mis)usage at
Suzette's company has been, and what issues resulted in this corporate policy
decision. Perhaps people using some template other than normal.dot is the
"circumvention" that management is trying to encourage...
Gene Kim-Eng
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From: "Pinkham, Jim" <Jim -dot- Pinkham -at- voith -dot- com>
> That is an excellent point, Paul. While the rigorous control over
> normal.dot has all the advantages previously discussed, it will
> certainly annoy the users you describe...and any power users of Word,
> too, who rely on custom macros, toolbars, and templates to do their work
> most efficiently. That annoyance may also have the unintended effect of
> making such users more determined to circumvent the system than to
> cooperate with what you're trying to do.
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