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LETTERHD - Automated letterhead template

Download LETTERHD.ZIP (version 2.0; 10/26/07; 534,536 bytes)

For WordPerfect 8,9,10,11,12,X3

WordPerfect 11 users: See important information about using macros in the first release of WP11 (11.0.0.233) at the top of this page.

Information dialog

Sample letterhead (easily customized)

Included files:

!README FIRST.WPD, MY LETTERHEAD.WPT (two versions, one for WP8 and one for WP9/WP10+), and the guide, MY LETTERHEAD TEMPLATE.WPD, and AUTOMATING WORDPERFECT TEMPLATES (in PDF format, which requires Adobe Acrobat Reader; if you have Reader installed and want to view this file online, click here)].

Other pages on this site which might be of interest:

2footers.html - Using two footers simultaneously (one for page number, the other for separator line and filename, etc.) so that items do not overlap

2Trays.html - Print your letterhead page from one printer tray, and second and subsequent pages from another tray ("two-tray" printing) - The functions of WordPerfect's Page Setup dialog

Assoc.html - Automatically associate a personalized keyboard or menu with a template

AutoDate.html - Automatically insert the current date as unchanging text in a letterhead or other template

AutoNumb.html - Automatic paragraph numbering, outlines, and numbered lists - How to turn these on and off, temporarily or permanently

AutoSpel.html - Automatically run the spell checker before printing a document

Boilerplate.html - Ten ways to insert 'boilerplate' and other repeating items: QuickWords, QuickCorrect, Shortcut keys, Styles, Macros, Floating cells, Insert>File, and (in WordPerfect 10+), Text variables, the Corel ClipBook, and other utility programs

CustomRA.html - Customize the return address on envelopes with graphics and font attributes

CustPrns.html - How to create new, customized copies of your favorite printer choices - Controlling the tray source, ink color, and other features of your printer

Env2Prn2.html - Print envelopes to another printer, then reset WordPerfect 10 to your default printer

HeadFootWM.html - Headers, Footers, and Watermarks - Some useful WordPerfect features you can add to multi-page documents ... and how to start, stop, replace, change, or delay their appearance (links to related topics, such as page numbering and page identification, can be found on the left column of the page)

LoadLetr.html - Load a letterhead (or any other document based on a template) with a mouseclick or keystroke

MailingAddress.html - How WordPerfect finds a mailing address on your letter

MergeMP.html - Merging multiple-page letters using letterhead paper for page 1 and plain paper for subsequent pages - Merging multiple-page documents so that formatting is identical from record to record - Page numbering in multi-page form documents

PageNumb.html - Page numbering in WordPerfect (plus related links)

ResetMargins.html - Need to reset page margins on page 2 (if there is a page 2) back to the one-inch default or some other setting? Here's how to do it in either the current document or in a template.

StampDoc.html - Creating "DRAFT," "COPY," and other identification stamps on the pages of a document

An automated sample letterhead template. The download file contains detailed, step-by-step guides to modifying the included sample template and creating other prompted templates.

NOTE: Two nearly identical sample templates are included, one for WP8 (which has slightly different Address Book fields than later versions) and one for WP9 and later.

The template uses a simple text letterhead inside a graphic box at the top of the letter, and also uses a header and two footers for page identification, phone numbers, and so forth. But what makes it truly useful is this: It pops up a fill-in Template Information dialog, then automatically fills in certain information at various places in the body of the letter and in the header, such as the current date, delivery method, addressee, reference information, and page number.

The template also displays informational headers and footers in their proper locations depending on the number of pages in the letter. (If the letter has more than one page, page 2 and following pages will have different headers and footers from the ones used on page 1.) Finally, it removes certain text strings if they are not used (and the lines they would have occupied) such as empty address lines, reference lines, and "cc:" information.

The last two pages of the guide contain a sample of the letter that is generated by the letterhead template. Print both pages to see if the letterhead design is something you want to modify and use for your own letters.

If you like the way the letterhead works you can modify the text (inside a text box) at the top of the page, the letter's closing, and both footers to use your own name and address. Instructions are given in the included guide document, including the steps needed to make more extensive modifications.

"Automating WordPerfect Templates" (Automating.pdf) is an included Adobe PDF file that contains more information about using prompts, bookmarks, and template macros in a template to help you automate it. It may be particularly useful to newcomers as a "How To" guide on creating other automated documents such as invoices, fax cover sheets, memos, etc.

Tips

• You can use a watermark instead of a graphics or text box for your page 1 letterhead "logo." This lets you create or use a shaded or transparent image:
  • At the top of page 1, click on Insert, Watermark, <choose the watermark type, A or B>, Create;
  • insert the logo image (either paste it from the clipboard or insert it from a file with the button on the property bar);
  • right-click (or drag) the inserted image in the watermark window to set its position/size on the watermark page (or use the button on the watermark property bar);
  • click outside the image and use the special button on the watermark property bar to increase or decrease the image's shading (brightness) as desired;
  • exit the watermark window with the Close button on the watermark property bar, or simply use File, Close;
  • back in the main template document window, discontinue the letterhead logo on page 2:
    • Click on Format, Page, Delay Codes, 1, OK; this brings up the Define Delayed Codes window;
    • click on Insert, Watermark, <choose the watermark type, A or B>, Discontinue;
    • optionally set new default page margins, printer tray, etc. - see the tip below;
    • click the Close button (or File, Close) to return to the main document.
• If you also want your logo to appear on subsequent pages, but in a different size or form, use the other watermark (e.g., Watermark B, with the logo in a different size) at the top of page 1 and simply suppress it on page 1 with Format, Page, Suppress.... The watermark will not show on page 1, but will show on subsequent pages until it is discontinued or replaced.
  • Alternatively you can simply start the other watermark in the Define Delayed Codes window (see above tip).
• Note that the second page can also contain a custom page setup ("page definition") that specifies a new paper source (a specific printer tray). When in the Define Delayed Codes window (see above tips), click Format, Page, Page Setup, and then create/add a new custom page definition with a printer tray ("source") specified for all "second" pages. This is a common way to have the printer print the letterhead from one tray, and the rest of the letter (if there is more than one page) printed from another tray.
• Need to reset margins on page 2 of a letter or other document? Here's a tip (which also offers a workaround for a small bug in inserting a delay code in WordPerfect 10/11/12/X3).