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[FAQ] Electronic Prompt Copies
EFMcMullen:
You need to change the "Wrapping" to "Behind Text" and then you can move the object to wherever you want.
I can't help you with the header/footers as I don't find them that annoying (Mac using Office 2008).
MatthewShiner:
When I was on MAC . . . I did have to keep an older version of word to do the type of formatting I like.
Now, on PC - I find that I am, on the current version of world, able to do the formatting I like.
Maribeth:
Newer versions of Word allow you to edit the headers and footers just by clicking on them. (I find it a pain to edit the headers/footers in Excel though).
I find that setting the wrapping to "front of text" works well and I never have problems with boxes jumping around.
One thing I like about the newer editions of Word- I find that when doing digital calling scripts, I don't like to spend a lot of time formatting and re-formatting the callout boxes themselves, so I edit a blank callout until it suits me, and then save it as a "Quick Part". I end up with a blank "standby" bubble, a box with a tail (for cues called off of a line), a box with no tail (for visual cues), etc that I can pull up quickly. I don't remember seeing this feature in older versions (or maybe I just didn't know about it). But it saves me a lot of time when typing up cues.
MatthewShiner:
One thing I like to do is create a seperate document with one of everything I use for the calling script
a stand by
a cue
a warning
a headset check (Like, confirm set is on palette)
etc
and that was I just copy and place in the script.
Maribeth:
--- Quote from: Maribeth on Dec 22, 2012, 10:24 pm ---One thing I like about the newer editions of Word- I find that when doing digital calling scripts, I don't like to spend a lot of time formatting and re-formatting the callout boxes themselves, so I edit a blank callout until it suits me, and then save it as a "Quick Part". I end up with a blank "standby" bubble, a box with a tail (for cues called off of a line), a box with no tail (for visual cues), etc that I can pull up quickly. I don't remember seeing this feature in older versions (or maybe I just didn't know about it). But it saves me a lot of time when typing up cues.
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I just figured out a way to save these callouts as a "Gallery", so you can save all the different shapes you use on a menu above the text and quickly pull the one you need into the document. (Basically the same thing, but I'm using OpenOffice on this computer and it works a little differently).
On the "Tools" menu- select "Gallery", which pulls down the gallery to sit at the top of the page. Select the object with the cursor, release it, then click and hold for 2 seconds, and continue dragging it onto the Gallery. The Gallery stays saved even after the program closes so you can use it from show to show.
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