Sharing Your Template with Others


If you've invested a lot of time creating a spiffy new template, you may want to share this template with other people in your office so that they can use it as well. You can do this in a couple of different ways.

If you're on a network, you can give everyone access to it by copying it to the folder designated in Word as the workgroup templates folder. If you aren't sure which folder this is, choose Tools, Options, click the File Locations tab, and double-click Workgroup Templates. In the Modify Location dialog box, display the Look In drop-down list to see the entire path to this location. (Ask your network administrator for advice before proceeding.)

If you are not on a network, you can copy the template to the user templates folder (or one of its subfolders ) on each of your co-workers ' computers. If you use this method, you might want to require a password to modify the template, so people won't change it accidentally . To do so, follow these steps:

  1. Open the template, and then choose File, Save As .

  2. Click the Tools button at the top of the Save As dialog box, and choose Security Options .

  3. In the Security dialog box that appears, enter a password in the Password to Modify text box.

  4. Click OK .

  5. In the Confirm Password dialog box that appears, type the password again, and click OK to return to the Save As dialog box. Then continue saving as usual.

People will be able to create documents based on the template, but they won't be able to modify the template itself.



Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Word 2003 in 24 Hours
Sams Teach Yourself Microsoft Office Word 2003 in 24 Hours
ISBN: 067232556X
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2003
Pages: 315
Authors: Heidi Steele

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