> Hi Suzanne
>
> Thanks for your thoughts about the issue.
>
> I will stick to the template through our form. Before we upgraded to
> Office
> 2007 we had alot of customized shortcuts in Word 2003, and many of them
> was
> reassigned from standard Office shortcuts. This was a legacy from a
> previos
> IT admin. I have now successfully removed all customized shortcuts and
> they
> are not coming back :-)
>
> /Lasse
>
> "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:
>
>> One method that a lot of lazy users find helpful is to put a shortcut to
>> the
>> template on the desktop; then they can create a new document based on
>> that
>> template by double-clicking. Presumably you could also reassign Ctrl+N to
>> a
>> macro that would create a new document based on the template. Or you
>> could
>> create such a macro and name it FileNewDefault, and it would hijack the
>> built-in Word command (so that Ctrl+N would automatically run it), but I
>> wouldn't recommend that.
>>
>> --
>> Suzanne S. Barnhill
>> Microsoft MVP (Word)
>> Words into Type
>> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>>
http://word.mvps.org>>
>> "Lasse" <Lasse[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:54365BBE-5F71-414D-ACD0-384F3B6F19B3[ at ]microsoft.com...
>> >I agree on the part of leaving normal.dotm alone. I am currently
>> >creating a
>> > new standard template with the correct settings and also a macro the
>> > users
>> > can run to get the settings.
>> >
>> > I have created some forms that the users can open through the Quick
>> > Access
>> > Toolbar and will make the template and macro available through them.
>> >
>> > We are an accounting company and people are very conservative and not
>> > always
>> > open to new things so I wanted to make it as simple as possible :-)
>> >
>> > Thanks for your replies.
>> >
>> > /Lasse
>> >
>> > "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Not without making yourself very unpopular with users. e.g. you could
>> >> create
>> >> an add-in with an autoexec macro that copies all the preferences into
>> >> normal.dot from the add-in each time Word is started from the startup
>> >> icon
>> >> then saves normal.dot with the new settings then closes the default
>> >> document
>> >> word creates and opens a new one from Normal.dot. This is not the way
>> >> normal.dot is designed to be used and someone will screw it up.
>> >>
>> >> As I have already suggested the best way to deal with this is to
>> >> create
>> >> templates for company documents and insist that the users employ them
>> >> to
>> >> create company documents. Normal.dot is best used as a 'scratch pad'
>> >> for
>> >> personalisations
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>> >>
>> >> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> >> Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org>> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> Lasse wrote:
>> >> > Hi Graham
>> >> >
>> >> > If a user wants to create a new document by pressing CTRL+N I want
>> >> > the new document to start with our Word settings, can that be done?
>> >> >
>> >> > /Lasse
>> >> >
>> >> > "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The autoexec macro in the startup template will only run when Word
>> >> >> is first started from the start menu or desktop shortcut. It does
>> >> >> not run for each new document nor if Word is started by clicking a
>> >> >> document in Explorer. The only solution is to edit each user's
>> >> >> normal template to change the definition of the normal style. Why
>> >> >> bother? Create document templates for the company documents and it
>> >> >> is not an issue.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> --
>> >> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> >> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>> >> >>
>> >> >> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> >> >> Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org>> >> >> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Lasse wrote:
>> >> >>> Hi Graham
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Thanks for the reply.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> We already use a lot of company templates for letters and so on.
>> >> >>> These templates use Times New Roman, size 12 which is the company
>> >> >>> policy. When the users just open a new Word document I want it to
>> >> >>> force them to use Times New Roman, Size 12.
>> >> >>> I have done this now by adding the following lines to the AutoExec
>> >> >>> module in our company template (Template.dotm placed in the Word
>> >> >>> START folder): Selection.Font.Name = "Times New Roman"
>> >> >>> Selection.Font.Size = 12
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> I have tried changing the standard font and size when editing the
>> >> >>> template and then selecting the setting as default for the
>> >> >>> Template.dotm but when I open a new document it ignores it.
>> >> >>> I can't be the only one with the problem that MS suddenly changes
>> >> >>> the standard font and size and needs to change it?
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> /Lasse
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> "Graham Mayor" wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>> Create a document template (or templates) for company documents
>> >> >>>> set
>> >> >>>> up to reflect the company standards and insist that users adopt
>> >> >>>> these templates for company documents. There is no need to mess
>> >> >>>> around with the users' personal settings.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> --
>> >> >>>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> >>>> Graham Mayor - Word MVP
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> My web site www.gmayor.com
>> >> >>>> Word MVP web site
http://word.mvps.org>> >> >>>> <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Lasse wrote:
>> >> >>>>> Hi
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> We are using Office 2007 and I would like to change our default
>> >> >>>>> font type and size on all computers in the company.
>> >> >>>>> I have createad a company template which is copied to each
>> >> >>>>> computers Word START folder and it runs perfectly.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> How/where can I make the correct changes in the company template
>> >> >>>>> to change the default font type and size?
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Currently I run a AutoExec in the company template that changes
>> >> >>>>> the 2 settings for me.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> /Lasse
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>>
>>
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