InDesign to MS Word letterhead template

[torenrocks]

I do not know how to make a template in MS Word from the InDesign file I have (letterhead). If anyone has suggestions I would love to hear from ya.

thanks

 

[jmgalvin]

You could make an ID doc, or resize your present one, that is just the size of the printed part of the letterhead; say something like 8.5 w X 2 h.

Export that as a pdf and insert picture it into a blank Word doc and save as Word template. If you need the letterhead closer to the top than the rest of the doc, set the top margin to about .5 in. Then hit a bunch of returns till you get to the beginning ov a second page. got to the Word format document and click on margins. sset the top to whatever you want and check Apply - from this point on. Then save as Word template.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

Can you insert a PDF into Word??? I don't think you can (but I could be wrong).

You are going to have to go via the route ID>PDF>a graphic format that Word will accept. If the letter head is purely vector art (e.g. logo) and text, then I would suggest:

(1) convert all text in the ID doc to outlines, since you cannot assume all computers that will use the Word template will have the right fonts - now everything is a graphic

(2) make a PDF from ID (probably Print quality is OK)

(3) open the PDF in Illustrator

(4) size the graphic to the size it wil be used in the Word template

(5) export as a PNG with transparent background at around 200 dpi

(6) in Word, insert the PNG into a header, and save as a template.

By putting the graphic into a header, it will be dimmed on screen (as all Word header/footers are in Normal view), but it means that the box/frame into which it is inserted will not interfere with normal text added by the user to the template.

 

[jmgalvin]

Yeah, yu cna insert the pdf in Word. Did it yesterday

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

Unfortunately the version of Word we have at work (I think 2002) cannot insert PDFs. I tried today and a PDF wasn't recognised. So I opned the PDF in Illustrator and converted to PNG and it worked perfectly when inserted into Word. Perhaps we aren't all as up-to-date with Word as you are?

 

[jmgalvin]

Eggles - don't know. We have Word X - mac. It's part of Office Mac v.X. All I know is that it takes pdfs.

Using OSX 10.3.9 on a G4

 

[Eggles]

I'm the only Mac in an office full of PCs. So I have to make stuff that will work in Windows Word. (I'm learning a lot about file types in the meantime!)