atw: Re: Word macro to insert autotext

I think anyone designing templates now should get their heads around =
2007.
You can download a 2 month trial that installs alongside 2003 so nothing =
is
lost (just be careful not to download Outlook 2007 because it overwrites
2003).  There are two types of preview, the thumbnails you see in the
galleries, and the live preview where formatting is applied to your
document.  Also you should get your head around content controls.

"Building Blocks=20
Building blocks are pre-designed and pre-formatted text, images or other
document parts that are stored so that you can insert them in your =
document
with one or two keystrokes.

"Galleries
When you see collections of thumbnail pictures, these are Galleries. =
They
give you a quick way of previewing and selecting your most commonly used
options. Galleries display both pre-defined Building Blocks, and =
Building
Blocks you define for yourself and add to the Gallery. =20
These are stored in a separate template that is made available to all =
your
documents, irrespective of the template your document is based on.

"Quick Parts
Quick Parts are Building Blocks that you define yourself, and that =
don=92t
belong in any other Gallery.  These are all stored together in their own
Quick Parts Gallery.  You can store any combination of text and images =
that
you have created in a document as a Quick Part.
It then only takes one or two keystrokes or clicks to get the entire
contents of that Quick Part into your document.

"Live Preview
When you run your cursor over a Building Block or a Quick Part in a =
gallery,
and pause there a moment, in most cases it is applied to your document
below, so you can see what it will actually look like."

Content Controls
"Content controls are bounded and potentially labeled regions in a =
document
that serve as containers for specific types of content. Individual =
content
controls can contain content such as dates, lists, or paragraphs of
formatted text. They enable you to create rich, structured blocks of
content. Content controls enable you to create templates that insert
well-defined blocks into your documents."
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb264571.aspx=20

ck

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> bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Stuart Burnfield
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> Subject: atw: Re: Word macro to insert autotext
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> The client's a good-sized organisation--the sort of place that only
> upgrades its standard operating environment after a great deal of
> forethought and investigation into issues like this=3D2E
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> This template is only expected to be in use for a year or so, so with
> luck Word 2007 won't be an issue=3D2E
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> > Quick Parts, which are a more sophisticated form of autotext, and
> > probably more likely to be usable, although are still be one click
> > away and not immediately visible, so again, you need to know where
> > they are=3D2E  The advantage is that you get a preview of the
> content=3D2E
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> That sounds interesting=3D2E A preview would be very useful to the =
users
> of this sort of template=3D2E
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> Thanks Christine=3D2E
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> Stuart
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