"Strict" Word template for end-users? (take III)

[Lauren]

"Anyway, that's my two cents for today."

Only two? 

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[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+lt34=csus.edu at lists.techwr-l.com] On Behalf Of
Eddie VanArsdall
Sent: Saturday, February 03, 2007 10:08 AM
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Subject: "Strict" Word template for end-users? (take III)

Geoff and all, I have a few comments to contribute to the ongoing template
conversation. The quotes are from Geoff's last post on this subject:

REGARDING WORD AND TEMPLATE CUSTOMIZATIONS:
QUOTE: <<If you're going to the trouble of creating your own template, you
should NOT use the default styles. The problem is that it's easy for someone
to inadvertently reapply the styles from their own version of (say) the
Normal template.>> END QUOTE

Not so. Templates are individual containers, and as long as you set them up
properly, what users do and what keys they press will not affect the Normal
template unless the document (.doc file)--not the underlying template (.dot
file)--is based on Normal. True, Normal is Word's base template, and it's
the starting file for creating other templates. So, when you create your
first template, you'll most likely open Normal (or a file based on it). As
long as you save the new file with a .dot extension and give it a new name,
documents based on the new template have no relationship with Normal
whatsoever.