How to apply standard formatting to existing Word documents Thread poster: BabelOn-line
| BabelOn-line United Kingdom Local time: 04:42 English to French + ...
Hello All When translating directly in Word (most of our material has very few fuzzies), first thing I need to do is to reformat the Word file I am working on: set new document margins, set all paragraph settings to "no space after end of parag", set font to Arial 11pt, set language to French, etc... When working on docs of a few thousand words, that's not a big issue. However, I now have to work on a series of short Word files, so implementing all these settings... See more Hello All When translating directly in Word (most of our material has very few fuzzies), first thing I need to do is to reformat the Word file I am working on: set new document margins, set all paragraph settings to "no space after end of parag", set font to Arial 11pt, set language to French, etc... When working on docs of a few thousand words, that's not a big issue. However, I now have to work on a series of short Word files, so implementing all these settings by hand becomes fiddly and there is surely a way to do all this in one shot. I use Word for Mac 2011. Yes, this is a bit lazy, I hear some justifiable "RT(F)M", but after a short foray in the Word .dotx template world, i thought could either spend an hour or two on it – or ask people who know! Thanks for your time. ▲ Collapse | | | Tony M France Local time: 05:42 Member French to English + ... SITE LOCALIZER
I wouldn't know about Word 2011, but I assume it must offer at least the same features as earlier versions! I'd create a style containing all the parameters I need, make sure I save that into my normal.dot, and then simply 'select all' [Ctrl A] and apply that style to your whole document. Two operations to perform in each file...
[Edited at 2013-03-17 15:07 GMT] | | | BabelOn-line United Kingdom Local time: 04:42 English to French + ... TOPIC STARTER Sounds great | Mar 17, 2013 |
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