MS Word Question -- about templates

[Jonathan West]

>
> And when Management doesn't have someone on staff who can do
> this, and isn't
> willing to pay the designer bucks to bring in a consultant to do this,
> you're stuck.

Very true, and with Office 2007, it will become more so, as the new "Ribbon"
interface is designed *not* to be customisable except for adding a limited
number of buttons to the "Quick Access Toolbar". The ribbon itself can only
be customised by a developer.

>  And believe me, engineers and systems analysts
> will find ways
> to circumvent the "rules" and they have almost no respect for the idea of
> format consistency.

This can be got round. They often appreciate having their lives made easier,
and a well-designed template can help this. There will sometimes be a hard
case who believes that as a is an expert on his subject he is also an expert
on everything else, including how to use Word.

That said, I more usually find business coming my way as a result of a
company needing new templates to implement a rebrand than from the company
wanting to improve the productivity of its office workers. Budgets are more
often available for rebranding!


Regards
Jonathan West