goz@cca.ucsf.edu (Goz Lyv) (06/02/89)
I'm trying to solve the following problems with Microsoft Word (4.0); if you have any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. 1. Is there any nice way to make the equivalent of a "stationery" document (like with MacWrite II) in Word? The closest I can come is by locking the file via Get Info. This is ugly, as it produces a "document is locked" dialog box when opening the file. I'm creating a letterhead, and don't want users to accidentally write into the original copy of the file. 2. Is there any way to create a paragraph that always takes up the same physical space on the page? For instance, if I want it to take up 5 lines, if I type 2 lines of text and press return, the equivalent of 3 blank lines will be left before the next paragraph starts. Positioning the next paragraph on the page won't always do the trick, since later non-positioned paragraphs may flow text into the blank space. 3. Is there any way to give a version number to a Word document so that this information is visible in Get Info? Many thanks for any help! -Goz goz@ucsfvm.ucsf.edu
kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) (06/05/89)
In article <2014@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> goz@cca.ucsf.edu.UUCP (Goz Lyv) writes:
<I'm trying to solve the following problems with Microsoft Word (4.0); if
<you have any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it.
<1. Is there any nice way to make the equivalent of a "stationery" document
< (like with MacWrite II) in Word? The closest I can come is by locking
< the file via Get Info. This is ugly, as it produces a "document is
< locked" dialog box when opening the file. I'm creating a letterhead,
< and don't want users to accidentally write into the original copy of
< the file.
I keep my letterhead in a glossary. I also keep template documents around
and occasionally forget and save instead of save as... After remembering
and doing the save as..., it doesn't take a whole lot of effort to select
the extraneous text and hit backspace.
<3. Is there any way to give a version number to a Word document so that this
< information is visible in Get Info?
Well, I presume you know that you can type whatever you want in that box
at the bottom of the Get Info window.
Shirley kehrenglandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander) (06/06/89)
In article <2014@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> goz@cca.ucsf.edu.UUCP (Goz Lyv) writes: >I'm trying to solve the following problems with Microsoft Word (4.0); if >you have any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. >1. Is there any nice way to make the equivalent of a "stationery" document > (like with MacWrite II) in Word? The closest I can come is by locking > the file via Get Info. This is ugly, as it produces a "document is > locked" dialog box when opening the file. I'm creating a letterhead, > and don't want users to accidentally write into the original copy of > the file. Yes. Create the document, lock it with Get Info, and then open it using command-option (with the PLUS cursor). It will then be added to the Work menu, and when users choose that selection, it will open. When they save, the Save as... dialog will pop up. You might also find it useful to make the document a real style sheet, by putting styles you create like "date," "address," "body," "salutation" into the document, which do all the proper indenting, etc. We use something like this where i work, so typing a letter is fairly automatic. >3. Is there any way to give a version number to a Word document so that this > information is visible in Get Info? You could use Resedit to add a vers (?) resource to the document. I did this once with a HyperCard stack, but i remember i had to hack around with it until i got it right, not knowing the format. I started out by copying a verion resource from an application. I think there were a couple of bytes that gave the length of the version string that had to be adjusted. -- - Scott
goz@cca.ucsf.edu (Goz Lyv) (06/06/89)
I wanted to mention that David McKinnis of Microsoft took the time to send me a reply about my 3 questions. I wanted to say thanks for the help publicly, so folks would know about Microsoft's support. -Goz
goz@cca.ucsf.edu (Goz Lyv) (06/07/89)
In article <100159@felix.UUCP> kehr@felix.UUCP (Shirley Kehr) writes: >Well, I presume you know that you can type whatever you want in that box >at the bottom of the Get Info window. I ended up using ResEdit to add a version number. The problem with the Get Info comment box is that the comments are lost when the desktop is rebuilt. Thanks for the idea, though. -Goz