Brian,

Also, one thing you may not have known is that the Publisher team
assumed that normal.pub was not really used back when they moved to
Publisher 98. However, I have attended some meetings with the Publisher
team recently, and they have heard loud and clear that the customer
would like to see this feature. The reason they know now is based on
feedback from this newsgroup, as well as when people look up DEFAULT
font/etc in the help box in Publisher 2003.

I know another company that took out this feature but it only took them
one version to put it back in. :-)

Mike

Brian Kvalheim - [MS MVP] wrote:
On 30 Apr 2004 08:22, "Ron" wrote:

Why is every one in this discussion group so mad? I made a comment that
may have been wrong but it did not deserve your comments. I still do
not understand Micrsofts inability to make this an option. that said I
will try AGAIN the add-in which I have tried on at least two occasions.
After I close Publisher the settings are no longer there until I create
a text bos and resave.


How is everyone mad? We would just assume that you are the mad one because
you called something a joke, yet you had not gone through and effectively
learned how to use the add-in.
Note that there are 4 buttons on the new toolbar (which you can customize
to make it smaller by removing the text from each button, then dock to
your other toolbars). One button will SET your defaults. THEN one button
will SAVE your defaults to the registry. Then one button is used to load
those defaults when you open a new publication. And the last button is
the Text Box button you use to create text boxes (no longer would you use
the text box button on the object toolbar). Once you have made your preferences,
set them, and saved them, you should no longer need to worry about those
buttons. Now you will just have the LOAD button and the Text Box button
to use.
Also, one thing you may not have known is that the Publisher team assumed
that normal.pub was not really used back when they moved to Publisher 98.
However, I have attended some meetings with the Publisher team recently,
and they have heard loud and clear that the customer would like to see
this feature. The reason they know now is based on feedback from this newsgroup,
as well as when people look up DEFAULT font/etc in the help box in Publisher
2003. This information is sent to the Publisher team, and they are seeing
this request over and over. It's on the wish list for Publisher 12. Let's
hope it makes it.
Until then, I have worked with the Publisher team, as well as Ed Bennett
to create this Add-In that helps set a default font for future blank publications.
The only extra step you need to take is to click the one "Load" button
when you are opened to a blank publication.
Any questions, give us a yell.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
http://www.mvps.org/publisher

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