ETD Technical Support: Introduction to the MS Word Formatting Template This tutorial is a concise introduction to using the Application Support Center's MS Word ETD Formatting Template. Downloading the Template We now offer two MS Word templates. Both are simply Word files that will work equally well on Mac or PC. Use this FAQ template (17 pages MS Word) to provide answers to questions regarding how your application, website or service works. Help Desk Wiki Help Desk Wiki ». Click on the link to the MS Word Template and you will be asked if you want to save or open the file. Help Desk Wiki, FAQ. Hello, I am a newbie. I want to create (generate?) a. Frequently Asked Questions list of 70 items. I thought that perhaps I could use OpenOffice Writer to do it? I dutifully looked all through Google and could not find an 'FAQ Template'. Any suggestions? Thanks, Ken - N9VV Naperville, IL USA. The standard template comes first. This is the template most people should use! The second template will use Times New Roman as the Normal font. It is not a simple task to switch from one template to another so make this choice with care. Click on the link to the MS Word Template and you will be asked if you want to save or open the file. We recommend that you first save the file in a convenient location. While PC and Mac platform do have some subtle but significant differences in the final output, the same Word file will work with both. We Highly recommend that you immediately open the template and 'Save as.' And rename your template file leaving your original template unchanged. This will allow you to generate additional copies of the template if it should ever prove necessary. How the Template works The template works by making use of the power of MS Word 'Styles.' Styles allow a user to apply several formatting rules with a single click. So the first thing you MUST do when working in the template is to open the styles palette. Click on the 'Home' tab and find the small arrow indicated by the arrow in the image below. Click on this arrow to open a styles palette. Drag this palette to the side of the window and as your pointer goes out of the window side the palette will 'dock' to whichever side you have chosen to allow an easy method of selecting any of the available styles. (Mac Office: If the Formatting Palette is not showing go to 'View'; and choose 'Formatting Palette,' when the formatting palette is showing click the triangle next to 'Styles' to open the Styles Palette.). • • Making a PDF Finally, we get to the task of converting your document to a PDF file. If your document is in order, just open your file, make sure 'Track Changes' is set to 'Final' NOT 'Final Showing Markup' switch to View - Print Layout and your document is ready to print. In Word 2010 choose 'Save As...' And in the Save Dialog Box, select the 'File Type' as 'pdf' and click 'OK.' The final version will have to be named Lastname_F where F is your first initial. If you 'Print to PDF' or use one of the third party pdf conversion tools there's a VERY good chance your links won't be preserved and your document won't make final approval. ![]() ![]() ![]()
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