On Wednesday 14 September 2005 12:29 pm, Wesley Allen wrote:
> Hi all,
> Here's my question - directions and help would be most
> appreciated...
>
> Every week our secretary creates a bulletin for use at Church.
> She does a good job, but just keeps over-writing the same file
> (invariably forgetting to update something/delete something). I'd
> like to get away from this "solution."
>
> What I would like to have is a template that get's filled in with
> an autopilot/wizard - asking for things like hymn numbers/titles,
> readings, sermon titles, date, etc... She could just fill in the
> information, and then the document would show up with the data
> already filled in. Then she could add announcements and whatnot and
> print. It would speed things up considerable.
>
> So...
> 1. Has anyone here tried creating an autopilot/wizard, and if so how
> easy it is to create one (and how should it be implemented)?
>
> 2. Does anyone already have something like this created so I don't
> have to doubleup everything?
>
> 3. Would anyone like to help me develop this?
>
> Wes
I would suggest you download this File: Working with Templates. Go
to http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/ and look in the
Writer's Guide for this file.
It will explain how to create the template you want, save it, and
then use it. It is not an autopilot, but it will do what you want.
Dan
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