atw: Re: Word .dotx file usage
- From: Peter Martin <prescribal@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2014 18:18:35 +1100
For "where these which always need" read "where these may not always
need"...
-Peter M
On Thu, Nov 20, 2014 at 6:08 PM, Peter Martin <prescribal@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Unless I miss my guess, there appears to have been something of a shift in
> intentions for the use of Word template files. As I recall it, earlier
> .dot files were intended to live in a dedicated zone and control styles
> etc... More recently, I'm seeing suggestions for the use of .dotx
> files as a means of propagating boiler plate content for forms etc, where
> these which always need or merit placement in the dedicated storage area.
> I may be a fuddy duddy or just gun-shy. Am I being over cautious in
> thinking I might suggest that people who use templates for forms etc would
> do just as well taking a .docx file, copying it to a unique filename, and
> then preserving or overwriting appropriate bits of it ?
> Maybe there aren't the same traps I used to be suspicious of. Are
> there issues with maintenance of the .dotx files, as opposed to any .docx
> files derived from them ? (Aside for Word version compatibility
> issues.... )
> Experience and examples, anyone ?
>
> -Peter M
>
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