ID: Q192879
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Microsoft Word provides a Calendar Wizard for creating calendars. 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 Calendar Wizard to create your own custom 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.
To create a new, modified Calendar Wizard, follow these steps:
1. On the File menu, click Open. Change to the folder where your
Calendar Wizard is stored. This is usually one of the following
folders:
Word for Windows 95: C:\Office95\Templates\Other Documents
Word 6.0 for Windows: C:\Winword\Template
Word 6.0 for the Macintosh: <Macintosh HD>:Microsoft Word:Templates
In the "List Files of Type" box, select All Files. In the File Name
list, select Calendar Wizard and click OK. On the File menu, click Save
As and type a new name for the wizard. Any formatting changes you make
will now stored in your new wizard.
2. On the View menu, click Page Layout.
3. NOTE: The Calendar Wizard is composed of AutoText entries which
correspond to the styles listed in the following table. Before you
insert and modify an AutoText entry, change the page orientation to
either portrait or landscape to correspond with the entry as
indicated below.
To modify the page orientation, click Page Setup on the File menu,
then select the Paper Size tab. Select Portrait or Landscape based
on one of the following calendar styles:
NOTE: The names of the AutoText Entries are listed in the columns
labeled Portrait and Landscape.
Calendar style Portrait Landscape
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Boxes and borders with picture Boxes00 Boxes10
Boxes and borders without picture Boxes01 Boxes11
Banner with picture Banner00 Banner10
Banner without picture Banner01 Banner11
Jazzy with picture Jazzy00 Jazzy10
Jazzy without picture Jazzy01 Jazzy11
4. On the Edit menu, click AutoText. Select the AutoText entry that
corresponds to the calendar style you are creating, and then click
Insert.
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. Click the Show/Hide button so that it is selected, display table
gridlines (On the Table menu, check Gridlines), and turn on
Bookmarks (click Options on the Tools menu, select the View tab,
click to select the Bookmarks check box, and then click OK).
NOTE: Do not delete any of the bookmarks. If these are deleted, the
wizard may not function properly.
6. Select 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 you are finished,
deselect the area by clicking in the margin of the document.
7. On the Edit menu, click AutoText. Select the AutoText entry that
you previously selected in step 3. Click Delete to delete the old
AutoText entry. Click Close to return to the document.
8. Click the Drawing button on the Standard Toolbar to activate the
Drawing toolbar.
9. Click 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.
the AutoText name using the same name as the AutoText entry you
deleted in step 8. From the "Make AutoText Entry Available To"
list, select "Documents Based On the <wizard name>." Click Add
to return to the document.
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. Click Save on the File menu,
and then close the template.
1. On the File menu, click New.
2. On the Other Documents tab, click to select your modified Calendar
Wizard, click OK and then complete the steps of the Calendar Wizard.
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Version : MACINTOSH:6.0,6.0.1,6.0.1a; WINDOWS:6.0,6.0a,6.0c,7.0,7.0a; WINNT:6.0
Platform : MACINTOSH WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowtoLast Reviewed: February 13, 1999