In an earlier posts, we have talked about using using Quick Parts in Word. This is a great way to save you lots of valuable time and keystrokes when you are working with short documents, (i. e., memos, letters, resumes, etc.), tend to be used over and over again. This time around, we will talk about how to create custom Quick Parts that will appear in different galleries, like a custom header!
Follow the steps below to learn how:
The easiest way to create a custom header that will appear in your header gallery with the other sample headers is to first design your header as you normally would.
- Open the header and add any text or different elements of your choosing (i.e., spacing, page numbers, etc.) and be certain to set things such as Different First Page or Different Odd & Even Pages first thing.
- Now that you h ave your header created to your liking, select everything in your header by pressing CTRL + A while in your header area. You will know if everything has been selected if there is a gray shaded box around all the objects in your header.
- With all your objects selected, you can now create a custom Quick Part from your selected objects!
- With your objects selected go to Insert and click on Quick Parts, which will open options for you.
- Click on Save Selection to Quick Party Gallery.
- Now, in the Create New Building Block window, key in the name of your Quick Part, the gallery where you would like to save it, a brief description, the template you would like the Quick Part saved to, etc.
- Once you have set all your options, click OK.
- You will now navigate to the Insert tab there you will click on Header, make sure your custom header appears in the Header gallery.
As you can readily see, creating a custom Quick Part that will appear in a Word gallery, you will save loads of time and keystrokes. Go ahead and create at least one so you can see how easily this can be done!