Associating templates with documents   

I have a vendor-supplied package which creates text files with the extension
".dmp".

When anyone on our company gets one of these files, I want Word to open it,
and I want some manipulation to occur (change font, margins, etc.)

I know how to use macros or VBA to make the changes happen, but how do I get
the Macro (or VBA) onto everyone's computer so that it runs on this file
type?    If the ".dmp" file were created with Word it would be easy, but it
is created in a vendor application so I can't control the "template" it is
associated with.

The I.T. folks won't let me mess with Normal.dot (and I agree with them).

Is there any way to associate any ".dmp" files with a special template (with
my VBA in it).

Thanks.

      Dave

date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 09:53:44 -0400   author:   Dave

Re: Associating templates with documents   

The file associations are handled through Windows. You can add the .dmp 
extension to those associated with Word manually. I'm sure you can do it 
through policies as well but don't know how.

Your IT folks are right to not let you mess with normal.dot. You can 
distribute macros through either document templates or global templates. I 
assume that you would want to use a global template since the documents 
would not normally be attached to your template when you get them.
See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step 
instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations 
including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, 
etc.
-- 

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of 
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Dave"  wrote in message 
news:%23C1sz4ZSFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
>I have a vendor-supplied package which creates text files with the 
>extension
> ".dmp".
>
> When anyone on our company gets one of these files, I want Word to open 
> it,
> and I want some manipulation to occur (change font, margins, etc.)
>
> I know how to use macros or VBA to make the changes happen, but how do I 
> get
> the Macro (or VBA) onto everyone's computer so that it runs on this file
> type?    If the ".dmp" file were created with Word it would be easy, but 
> it
> is created in a vendor application so I can't control the "template" it is
> associated with.
>
> The I.T. folks won't let me mess with Normal.dot (and I agree with them).
>
> Is there any way to associate any ".dmp" files with a special template 
> (with
> my VBA in it).
>
> Thanks.
>
>      Dave
>
>

date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 10:55:29 -0500   author:   Charles Kenyon

Re: Associating templates with documents   

Perfect.    Thanks.


"Charles Kenyon"  wrote in
message news:%23RADz8aSFHA.244@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> The file associations are handled through Windows. You can add the .dmp
> extension to those associated with Word manually. I'm sure you can do it
> through policies as well but don't know how.
>
> Your IT folks are right to not let you mess with normal.dot. You can
> distribute macros through either document templates or global templates. I
> assume that you would want to use a global template since the documents
> would not normally be attached to your template when you get them.
> See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step
> instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations
> including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros,
> etc.
> -- 
>
> Charles Kenyon
>
> Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word
>
> Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
> Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide
>
> See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
>  --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
> This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies
> and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn
> from my ignorance and your wisdom.
>
> "Dave"  wrote in message
> news:%23C1sz4ZSFHA.3336@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> >I have a vendor-supplied package which creates text files with the
> >extension
> > ".dmp".
> >
> > When anyone on our company gets one of these files, I want Word to open
> > it,
> > and I want some manipulation to occur (change font, margins, etc.)
> >
> > I know how to use macros or VBA to make the changes happen, but how do I
> > get
> > the Macro (or VBA) onto everyone's computer so that it runs on this file
> > type?    If the ".dmp" file were created with Word it would be easy, but

> > it
> > is created in a vendor application so I can't control the "template" it
is
> > associated with.
> >
> > The I.T. folks won't let me mess with Normal.dot (and I agree with
them).
> >
> > Is there any way to associate any ".dmp" files with a special template
> > (with
> > my VBA in it).
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> >      Dave
> >
> >
>
>

date: Mon, 25 Apr 2005 14:21:25 -0400   author:   Dave