Re: Developing a Template - Questions on Instructions to the User
- From: "Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 20:21:50 -0500
Also, float the text boxes in front of text so that they don't accidentally
mess up your formatting.
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"Charles Kenyon" <msnewsgroup@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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> If there is sufficient room in your margins, you can put the instructions
> in borderless text boxes in the margins. Format the text in the textboxes
> as hidden text and turn on display of hidden text. I put all sorts of
> instructions/notes in my templates this way. (I also format the text to be
> a bright color like red or blue.)
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> Charles Kenyon
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> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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> "Mike@ACM" <MikeACM@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> We are creating/updating a template for a business request plan.
>>
>> 1) We are looking for a way to include instructions/suggestions to the
>> writer about what information should be included at specific points and
>> suggesting additional types of information for including.
>>
>> 2) We want to have this visable to the writer while they are composing
>> it,
>> but should not be included in the printing of the "final" document.
>> - Current version has text boxes with instructions to writer to
>> delete prior
>> to going final, but it IS NOT WORKING and have gotten many
>> comments
>> about having to delete "all" these instruction.
>> - There are some concerns that if the user has the option to "turn
>> it
>> off"
>> (to make it not visable), that they will readily ignore it/forget
>> that it is
>> there to aid them with the document.
>> - Desire to have the solution keep it simple, so the Word
>> uninformed
>> do not feel lost/confused.
>>
>> Is hidden text the best solution, or are there better solutions with Word
>> to
>> fix this?
>>
>> Thank you in advance for your assistance,
>> Mike
>
>
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