Microsoft KB Archive/290983

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WD2002: How to Change the Default Formatting of Calendar Wizard

Article ID: 290983

Article Last Modified on 7/27/2006

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APPLIES TO

• Microsoft Word 2002 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q290983

For a Microsoft Word 97 version of this article, see 119122.
For a Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition version of this article, see 192880.
For a Microsoft Word 2000 version of this article, see 212351.

SUMMARY

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.

IMPORTANT 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, implied or expressed, by Microsoft.

MORE INFORMATION

To create a new, modified Calendar Wizard, follow these steps:

1. On the File menu, click Open. Change to the \Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033 folder or to the folder that contains the Calendar Wizard.
   
   In the Files of type list, select All Files. In the File name list, select the Calendar Wizard, and then click Open. On the File menu, click Save As and type a new name for the wizard.
   
   Any formatting changes you make will now be stored in your new wizard.
2. On the View menu, click Print Layout.
   
   NOTE: The Calendar Wizard comprises AutoText entries that correspond to the styles listed in the table in step 3. Before you insert and modify an AutoText entry, change the page orientation to either portrait or landscape to correspond with the calendar style.
3. To modify the page orientation, click Page Setup on the File menu, and then click the Paper Size tab. Select either 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
   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 Insert menu, point to AutoText, and then click AutoText. Click the AutoText tab. Select the AutoText entry that corresponds to the calendar style you are creating, and then click Insert.
   
   NOTE: Each AutoText entry contains both drawing objects and text boxes. These drawing objects are visible only in print layout view or print preview. (You 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 turned on. Display table gridlines (on the Table menu, click Show Gridlines). Turn on Bookmarks (click Options on the Tools menu, click the View tab, 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 on. When finished, cancel the selection by clicking in the margin of the document.
7. On the Insert menu, point to AutoText, and then click AutoText. Click the AutoText tab. Select the AutoText entry that you previously selected in step 4. Click Delete to delete the old AutoText entry. Click Close to return to the document.
8. On the View menu, point to Toolbars, and then click Drawing to display the Drawing toolbar.
9. Click the Select Objects button on the Drawing toolbar. Starting in the upper-left corner of the template, click and drag down and to the lower-right corner to enclose the entire document area. A dashed line appears as you are dragging to enclose the objects.
10. On the Insert menu, point to AutoText and then click AutoText. Click the AutoText tab. In the Enter AutoText entries here box, type the AutoText name, using the same name as the AutoText entry you deleted in step 7. Click OK.
11. In the Look in list, select the template that you saved in step 1. Click Add and then click OK.
12. With the document still selected, click Cut on the Edit menu.
    
    You should now have a blank page with a single paragraph mark at the upper 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.

Now you can use your new, modified Calendar Wizard. To create a new calendar based on your modified Calendar Wizard, follow these steps:

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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