How to Change the Award Wizard Document Formatting

• Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a
• Microsoft Windows operating system version 3.1

SUMMARY

Word 6.0/6.0a provides an Award Wizard for the creation of an award certificate. The wizard does not prompt you to modify character formatting such as font, point size, and so forth. This article describes how you can use the Award Wizard to create your own custom Award Wizard.

NOTE: Microsoft does not support the modification of its wizards or templates. Modifications done by the user are at the user's risk and constitute no obligations or warranties, either written or expressed, by Microsoft.

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1. From the File menu, choose Open. Choose the directory where your templates are stored--usually, C:\WINWORD\TEMPLATE. From the List Files Of Type list, select All Files (*.*), select the Award Wizard and choose the OK button. From the File menu, choose Save As and type a new name for the Wizard. Any formatting changes you make will now be stored in your new Wizard.

2. Modify the page orientation for the award style you plan to use. (From the File menu, choose PageSetup. Choose the Paper Size tab, select Landscape or Portrait, and choose the OK button.)

3. The following award styles are stored as AutoText in Word.

          Award Style          Portrait          Landscape
          -----------          --------          ---------
   
          Formal               AwardStyle00      AwardStyle01
          Modern               AwardStyle10      AwardStyle11
          Decorative           AwardStyle20      AwardStyle21
          Jazzy                AwardStyle30      AwardStyle31
   
       From the Edit menu, choose AutoText. Select the desired AutoText entry,
       and choose the Insert button. Note which AutoText entry you have
       selected.
   
   

4. From the View menu, choose Page Layout. Note: Each AutoText entry contains both drawing objects and text boxes. These drawing objects are visible only in Page Layout view or Print Preview. (You will see a blank page after you insert the AutoText entry if you are working in Normal view.)

5. Toggle the Show/Hide button so that it is enabled, display table gridlines (from the Table menu, check Gridlines), and turn on Bookmarks (choose Options from the Tools menu, select the View tab, select the Bookmarks check box, and choose the OK button).

   NOTE: Do not delete any of the bookmarks. If these are deleted, the wizard may not function properly.

6. Highlight the text or table cell in which you want to make changes (be sure the end-of-cell marker or paragraph mark is also selected). Make your formatting changes, such as changing the font or point size, adding bold or italics, and so forth. When finished, deselect the area by clicking in the margin of the document.

7. From the Edit menu, choose AutoText. Select the AutoText entry that you previously selected in step 3. Choose the Delete button to delete the old AutoText entry. Choose the Close button to return to the document.

8. Choose the Drawing button on the Standard Toolbar to activate the Drawing Toolbar.

9. Choose the Select Drawing Objects button on the Drawing Toolbar. Starting in the upper left corner of the template, click and drag down and to the right bottom corner to enclose the entire document area. A dashed line appears as you are dragging to enclose the objects.

10. From the Edit menu, choose AutoText. In the AutoText dialog box, type the AutoText name using the same name as the deleted AutoText entry from step 7. From the "Make AutoText Entry Available To" list, choose Documents Based On the <wizard name>. Choose the Add button to return to the document.

11. With the document still selected, choose Cut from the Edit menu. You should now have a blank page with a single paragraph mark at the top left of the page. If you have any text or more than a single paragraph mark, delete these items. Choose Save from the File menu and then close the template.