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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: 3 Word Questions
Message-ID: <8875@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 5 Jun 89 17:20:31 GMT
References: <2014@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu>
Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
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In article <2014@ucsfcca.ucsf.edu> goz@cca.ucsf.edu.UUCP (Goz Lyv) writes:
>I'm trying to solve the following problems with Microsoft Word (4.0); if
>you have any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it.
>1. Is there any nice way to make the equivalent of a "stationery" document
>   (like with MacWrite II) in Word?  The closest I can come is by locking
>   the file via Get Info.  This is ugly, as it produces a "document is
>   locked" dialog box when opening the file.  I'm creating a letterhead,
>   and don't want users to accidentally write into the original copy of
>   the file.

Yes.  Create the document, lock it with Get Info, and then open it using
command-option (with the PLUS cursor).  It will then be added to the
Work menu, and when users choose that selection, it will open.  When
they save, the Save as... dialog will pop up.  You might also find it
useful to make the document a real style sheet, by putting styles you
create like "date," "address," "body," "salutation" into the document,
which do all the proper indenting, etc.  We use something like this
where i work, so typing a letter is fairly automatic.

>3. Is there any way to give a version number to a Word document so that this
>   information is visible in Get Info?

You could use Resedit to add a vers (?) resource to the document.  I did
this once with a HyperCard stack, but i remember i had to hack around
with it until i got it right, not knowing the format.  I started out by
copying a verion resource from an application.  I think there
were a couple of bytes that gave the length of the version string that
had to be adjusted.

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                                               - Scott