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I just opened Word, opened the template and saved it as a Word template. nm

Posted By: WORD challenged on 2005-07-13
In Reply to: WORD help sm - Hey there

 


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    I am going to try to make sense, here. 


    I am trying to make a template for a new client I was just given by my MTSPO.  my template is a bunch of letters.  At the top is typical letterhead.  They want this starting at 1" from the top.  Then below will be the rest of the letter.  They want this centered on the rest of the page.  Right now, since I am just making a template to fill in, I have the date line starting at the 3 in. line, the RE: starting at the 3 in. line, Dear: at the left margin, and a couple other sentences and closing and cc line and such.  This is already on the template so that I just fill it in when I am transcribing.  They will dictate 18-20 of these, all in a row, so I do one letter and then just move on the next page to fill in to create another letter, so on and so on.  Does that make sense?  I am trying to make a template for this. 


    Here is the problem I am having with trying to get my template set up. I can get it set up so that the letterhead is one inch from the top.  But then when I go in to center the rest of the text on the page, I have problems.  I click to hilight the body of the letter.  I go into file, page setup, layout, vertical alignment, center, center selected text. 

     

    It moves everything I hilighted to the next page! 

     

    If I go in and repeat that process but don't select "selected text", then of course it centers everything, which then moves the letterhead on every letter below my first one. 

     

    I need, on every page of my template, for the letterhead to stay at 1 inch and the body of the letter to be centered on the rest of the page, but then for the letterhead on the following page to be back at 1 inch.  Any ideas how to accomplish this? 

     

     I am SO frustrated.  I am going to be up all night if I can't get this accomplished! 

    Template in Word

    My company sent me a template.  How do I convert that and save it in Word so I don't have to retype it all the time?


    Saving a Word template.

    You should save it as a template (.dot) in the same directory that your other Word templates are located. The default directory would be something like this:


    c:/document and settings/your name/application data/microsoft/templates


    If you can't see the Application Data folder, go to the Control Panel and open the Folder Options file. Click on the View tab and make sure the button for Show hidden files and folders is selected.


    How do you change display on Word template?
    Does anyone know  how to change the display to 100%. I have tried to modify normal.dot but no luck.  Thanks in advance.
    Microsoft Word Help Please -- New Template Setup

    I have done this before and for the life of my I cannot remember how I did it. Can someone help me out?  Okay.  This new doctor would like heading and numbers under each heading.  He wants me to tab over from the number to begin typing and the words to sort of "wrap" so that the second line would not return to under the number.  I will try to show it here.


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    1.     The patient will ____________________________


            the rest of the sentence would continue under the words "The patient.


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    If you read the Word help file in Word, you will get detailed, step-by-step instructions. I have found their instructions to be VERY helpful as I am a tactile learner.
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    use now required that will not be included in line count.  It is a clinic job, part time, 12 cpl.  I have done this for one year.  But, in last 30 days, the clinic has created a temple of the normally used sentences the physician uses (I had them programmed into auto correct) and now, I am not paid for them. 


    Now, I am making considerably less money and am half hearted about getting the work done.  I suppose I need to quit this job.  I have essentially been demoted.


    I work FT as well with a national and this PT job was a back up so my eggs were not all in the same basket.  I guess I could try to replace it with another PT job.


    Any comments would be welcome as I feel ambivalent to quit for some reason...


    Thank you.


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    It seems to be a lot of template.  I wonder if this is the reason for the lower price per page.  Don't know.
    Template

    Send me your e-mail address and I'll send you a copy (PDF) of the Meditech template.


    Jeff Smith


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    Hi everyone!  I'm working on about 20+ reports by the same doctor.  I have a template that I saved for him under MSOffice, Templates, his name.  In the past, I've been going to explore (right clicking on the start menu) and physically pulling up the template for each and every report.


    Is there a way I can just open the template once.  Finish the first report and then automatically when a new Word document opens it will open that template?


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    Chickadee


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    This is my first week of working inhouse for one doctor with a small staff.  I'm the first inhouse Transcriptionist they've tried. The doctor uses a template to pick phrases and words from a standard form with bolded text and then I delete those not needed for report, un-bold, re-format and save as.  This is taking a long time for me to figure out and ensure I've selected the correct one and not take out too much, etc., especially on the initial evaluation.  I've just typed from recorded dictation before (about 7-8 years altogether).  How can I use quick keys or something similar to make this more efficient?  Number system for certain phrases?  I know I'm expected to do this quicker so I can help with the other office tasks, because have to keep a record of my finished reports for each day.  I'm an experiment, I feel! 


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    Keyboard template

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    Jeff Smith


    I have tried that. It is a template that has been made
    x
    Create a template.

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    Both bookmark and cross-reference are found under Insert; cross-reference is a subcategory of Reference.


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    slow template
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    template moving..help please..sm

    I could use any help from someone more savvy than I am in regards to the making the template not move.


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    PATIENT NAME:   @@                      DOB: @@


    PHYSICIAN:   @@                              MR#: @@


     


    No matter what I try, I can not fill in one field without the other field moving over. It is so time consuming to have to back it up each time considering there are four fields each side.


    Any ideas? 


    The form I need to make this on has their header with log and the footer with their names and the like, so I have the inside of a template so to speak, to work in. 


    thank you for anything to help.


    Tiffany


     


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    Does this mean that anything I put out through my word Expander is going to be counted at 3 cpl?  Is this a common practice with more companies - it never used to be?? 


     


    Just create a new template.
    x
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