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Converting .jpg images to templates

Anonymous
2014-10-06T16:49:39+00:00

How do I convert an image I have created with GIMP to a WORD Template?  I have created a blank menu card with a black border and wish to make it a word template.

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Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.6K Reputation points
2014-10-07T11:16:35+00:00

What you see in the image is one way to approach something like this:

I positioned your image in the Header/Footer layer of the document, scaled to fit within the margins. The Text Wrap of the image is set to None with both Horizontal & Vertical Alignment set to Centered. Because it is in the H/F the rectangle graphic appears gray when viewed on screen but prints at full intensity.

In the Text layer I drew a Text Box within the left rectangle area & set its Text Wrap to square, then pasted a duplicate into the other rectangle area. The 2 Text Boxes are aligned based on Top. I have both Text Boxes selected so you can better see how they're placed.

I also Bookmarked the content in the left text Box (which is why the [ ] characters are visible but do not print) & inserted a REF field in the right Text Box. In that way content need be added only to the left Text Box. Updating the field in the right Text Box will insure that its content is identical to the Bookmarked content. Otherwise, the content would have to be copied/pasted which presents more opportunity to disturb the layout... There is no provision in Word for 'locking' the position of the Text Boxes.

The filler text is simply for illustration -- it can remain in the template & replaced in each new document or carefully deleted from the template... as long as you avoid deleting the [ ] that identify the Bookmark location. Replacement content should be inserted within those brackets.

If you aren't already quite familiar with Word I'd recommend that you spend a fair amount of time exploring Word 2011 Help on the subjects I've referred to.

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  1. Anonymous
    2014-10-07T14:45:58+00:00

    Thanks, Bob.  I truly appreciate your taking the time to provide so much help.  You've solved my problem!

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  2. Anonymous
    2014-10-06T23:44:19+00:00

    I'm trying to create an 11 x 8.5 inch template that looks like this.  It is two menu card images that I print on card stock after I put in the text.

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  3. Bob Jones AKA CyberTaz MVP 435.6K Reputation points
    2014-10-06T17:28:37+00:00

    Well, an image file can't be 'converted' to a Word document template. What you can do is insert the image into a Word document & save the document as a Word document template [.dotx or .dotm], but I have a feeling that doing so will not provide the final result you may be expecting...

    I assume you will want to add text to the documents generated from the template. The image will continue to replicate as a graphic object in the new documents, but adding text & controlling its flow relative to the image is dependent on an understanding of Word & its features. IOW, you can't just throw an image into a document & expect to simply add text anywhere you choose.

    What you are hinting at really is the province of a page layout/desktop publishing program rather than a word processor. I can't responsibly comment further without a detailed account of what your objective is.

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