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brewmeister007 - 29 Mar 2005 01:05 GMT

I am trying to create a document in Word so that I can have a template
(maybe) that I can pull up and type over what I have saved in my document
without messing up the line spacing....PLEASE HELP!!

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Greg Maxey - 29 Mar 2005 01:09 GMT

You should get a good start here and the linked articles by Dian Chapman:

http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm

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> I am trying to create a document in Word so that I can have a template
> (maybe) that I can pull up and type over what I have saved in my
> document without messing up the line spacing....PLEASE HELP!!

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Suzanne S. Barnhill - 29 Mar 2005 01:13 GMT

What you are describing is a form; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/FillinTheBlanks.htm and especially
the forms tutorials by Dian Chapman that this article links to. See also
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/CreateATemplatePart1.htm for tips on
creating a template.

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> I am trying to create a document in Word so that I can have a template
> (maybe) that I can pull up and type over what I have saved in my document
> without messing up the line spacing....PLEASE HELP!!

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