I am sure this should be simple, however I have had a look around and drawn an blank. I have a requirement to create a Word template which is locked down for editing, except for an area in the body of the document. So for example, the document may be something like...
Dear Sir,
[Editable Region]
Regards,
Mr ABC
Is this possible? The editable region should allow any standard Word features, e.g. images, tables, track changes, etc.
Thanks for the help.
I was looking for this same thing and came across a link that explained it. Try here: http://www.mademan.com/mm/how-create-editable-forms-word-2010.html
If you already have the developer tab:
There are some buttons in there that will add text boxes and other form elements:
screenshot
If you don't have the developer tab, do this first:
Go to options and "Customize Ribbons", make sure "Developer" is ticked.
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I am writing a VSTO add-inn to Word (and Outlook as well). I want to emphasize certain parts of the text (detected errors). As far as I know, there is no API for this kind of emphasizing in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word or other libraries.
But Grammarly (www.grammarly.com) has found a way to do it:
Does anyone know how you can do it the same way?
I believe that the best way to do this would be to place the desired text into a Range and then apply the following formatting:
myRange.Font.Underline = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdUnderline.wdUnderlineThick;
myRange.Font.UnderlineColor = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word.WdColor.wdColorRed;
How This Would Work With Grammerly
As previously pointed out in the comments for the question, the only way to add the emphasis is to change the document temporarily, which is what Grammerly seems to do in a very smart way. Grammerly only works when one clicks the Open Grammerly button on the Grammerly ribbon. If you do a simple experiment, you may be able to observe how Grammerly controls its temporary changes.
First create an unsaved document with some misspelled words that show the wavy red line. Then click the Open Grammerly button. Notice that the add-in turns off spell checking and replaces it with its own web-triggered markings that are generated in the document and similar to what is generated by the code above. Then save the document. If you look carefully, you will see a small blink wherein the red thick underlines disappear for a brief moment. That is the Document.BeforeSave event removing their markings before saving the document. By relying on user actions, Grammerly controls at what points in time the markings appear. It then uses code and events to make sure the markings are not saved with the document or interfere with other operations.
Some of the events you may want to look at are the:
Document.BeforeSave Event
Document.BeforePrint Event
Document.BeforeClose Event
I am designing an email template. I have a running list of brand names hyperlinked to their websites. I would like it to be displayed inline for full-width, and stacked for narrow screens. I had separators in the past like a bullet or a vertical rule such as this: "|". But in mobile it's awkward considering only one name appears per line.
The next thing I tried was to enclose each list item in a border, but Outlook10/13 aren't handling the padding and margin as you know. I want a simple solution that I can show to novices when they populate the template. Any ideas? I'm adding screenshots of what I tried with the borders. But any other idea is welcome.
Thanks!!!
Full Width:
Mobile:
I have tried a lot of ways myself and one thing i found out was having logos in place of links often work better. I know images have to be downloaded but once they are downloaded it looks good. If you do go with images, you can style the alt tags to look like above when its not loaded.
We have a company 'letterhead' template with all company info in a left column/sidebar. I'd like to lock that section for editing, but still retain the option to edit and/or mail merge the rest of the document as normal. I've tried the Restrict Editing feature, but that seems like the opposite function of what I need; I'd like to specify a section that is not editable, as opposed to a section that is.
The main problem is that the mailmerge/add-envelope function is disabled when Restrict Editing is on, but also adding a section break to a second page (to change to a single-column format on subsequent pages) isn't allowed either.
I've considered just creating an image of the left sidebar, but that seems hacky. Does anyone have any other suggestions on this one?
Much appreciated
--michael~
I opted for a combo of ideas, and used your [Cindy] last suggestion to bury an image in the first-page header. The table/content control seemed too complicated. Yes, it's a hacky solution, but with the wrapping options to prevent text over the image, it's like a margin without having to set them, so I can get rid of the multi-column and Restrict Editing thing, and subsequent pages are completely normal without extra section break necessary. I appreciate the responses. Thanks!
Normally I can select the layer I want then select the text tool and edit it but for some reason, after putting in some key frames so the texts fades in and out I can't seem to select the text to edit.
I've locked all the other layers so only the text layer I want to edit is editable but I can't change it. All I can do is move it about.
I know this question is old but for future searchers - I think this is a bug so I don't have a "solution", but a workaround.
To make a change to your text:
Switch to 'Code View',
Search (ctrl + F) for your text
Change your text
Switch back to design view
This is a hack, but its the best option - especially if you've already invested lots of time into this and now find yourself stuck.
Okay, I figured out the actual bug causing this and have a solution that is less of a hack. The reason you can't select text is because there are visible layers above your text layer blocking your click. You would assume that if those visible layers are locked, you can click through but that isn't how Google Web Designer works (right now).
So, make all layers invisible, then make just your text layer visible and then you can click to edit it.
I have encounter this problem when editing a template. I could only edit the text of first layer... In order to edit the second layer text and so on you must hide the fist layer.
I have just found out there is another way: Try to copy all layers to a new document with the same preferences. sometimes it`s rather easier than change the code
I am trying to create PowerPoint slides using MATLAB. It seems like it is basically the same as using VBA to create PowerPoint slides, except with slightly different syntax. The function and variable names are all the same.
Anyway....I can add a picture to a slide. I can also add a specific layout, which creates some placeholders. But I can't figure out how to add a picture and link it to a specific placeholder. I want to import 4 pictures into PowerPoint and apply the "4 Object" layout. I could obviously manually place the pictures in the same locations that the layout would choose. But I would like to link them to the placeholders in case I ever need to change the layout.
Does anyone know how to add a picture and link it to a placeholder?
Thanks,
Andrew
There are a few MATLAB code submissions on the MathWorks File Exchange that may help you move figures from MATLAB into PowerPoint with specific layouts:
saveppt2 by Jedediah Frey.
subplotPPT by Mark Hoyle.
saveppt by Mark Brown.
The last submission has inspired the first 2, along with a few others that may also be of help to you (links are provided in the Acknowledgements section of the last submission).
Hope this helps!