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Jun 18, 2012 3:00 am
How to Create Smart Microsoft Word Templates
By Helen Bradley, PCWorld
With interactive documents, you can choose from a range of predefined options for data, instead of typing the data from scratch each time. If you write lots of letters to the same few correspondents, generate electronic data-entry forms, produce documents with boilerplate language, or find yourself typing the same phrases over and over, wouldn?t it be convenient if your documents were already partially formatted and allowed you to make selections from drop-down menus instead of copying and pasting from documents you created earlier? I?ll show you how to use the Content Control tools within Microsoft Word to create templates that you can use every day.
How to Find Word?s Content Controls
Content Controls let you add interactive elements to your Word documents, but you might not even know they exist because they're accessible only from the Developer tab in Word?s Ribbon, and that tab is disabled by default. To enable it in Word 2010, choose File > Options > Customize Ribbon. In the right-hand panel, locate and click the Developer checkbox and click OK. In Word 2007, choose File > Word Options and then click the Show Developer Tab in the Ribbon checkbox (from the Popular set of options) and click OK. Now select the Developer tab, locate the Controls group, and click Design Mode. You?re ready to set up your controls.
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How to Create Smart Microsoft Word Templates
By Helen Bradley, PCWorld
With interactive documents, you can choose from a range of predefined options for data, instead of typing the data from scratch each time. If you write lots of letters to the same few correspondents, generate electronic data-entry forms, produce documents with boilerplate language, or find yourself typing the same phrases over and over, wouldn?t it be convenient if your documents were already partially formatted and allowed you to make selections from drop-down menus instead of copying and pasting from documents you created earlier? I?ll show you how to use the Content Control tools within Microsoft Word to create templates that you can use every day.
How to Find Word?s Content Controls
Content Controls let you add interactive elements to your Word documents, but you might not even know they exist because they're accessible only from the Developer tab in Word?s Ribbon, and that tab is disabled by default. To enable it in Word 2010, choose File > Options > Customize Ribbon. In the right-hand panel, locate and click the Developer checkbox and click OK. In Word 2007, choose File > Word Options and then click the Show Developer Tab in the Ribbon checkbox (from the Popular set of options) and click OK. Now select the Developer tab, locate the Controls group, and click Design Mode. You?re ready to set up your controls.
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