Can I edit Word calendar templates? in Word General Questions    |   |  Help   Search For:     In:   Office   Word     Word General Questions     Word New Users     Word Application Errors     Word Drawing and Graphics     Word Mailmerge and Fax     Word Page Layout     Word Programming     Word Tables              CarolineS 1/12/2006 8:08 PM PST   Question   I want to use a Word i page 2006 calendar template but would like to change the background color of the months. Tstandard color conflicts with the colors in the photo I am using. Beginning to wonder if it isn't easier to simply make my own in Excel...     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           JoAnn Paules [MVP] 1/12/2006 8:15 PM PST   Answer   I'm probably going to ruffle a few feathers but... you're going to have limitations when you try to use a word processor to do a desktop publishing program's job. -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "CarolineS" <CarolineS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:F09675FA-E252-44BC-ADE0-7CE3FB0AC566@microsoft.com... >I want to use a Word i page 2006 calendar template but would like to change > the background color of the months. Tstandard color conflicts with the > colors > in the photo I am using. Beginning to wonder if it isn't easier to simply > make my own in Excel...     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           CarolineS 1/12/2006 9:11 PM PST   Thanks for your reply... so can you give me a suggestion of what I might use instead? I just want to make a simple 2006 calendar that has a photo above it. A template seemed the right way to go, but as I said I can probably make one from scratch in Excel given the amount of time it's taken me to try to modify a template! "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: > I'm probably going to ruffle a few feathers but... you're going to have > limitations when you try to use a word processor to do a desktop publishing > program's job. > > -- > > JoAnn Paules > MVP Microsoft [Publisher] > > > > "CarolineS" <CarolineS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:F09675FA-E252-44BC-ADE0-7CE3FB0AC566@microsoft.com... > >I want to use a Word i page 2006 calendar template but would like to change > > the background color of the months. Tstandard color conflicts with the > > colors > > in the photo I am using. Beginning to wonder if it isn't easier to simply > > make my own in Excel... > > >     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           JoAnn Paules [MVP] 1/13/2006 5:25 PM PST   Excel is not a desktop publishing program either. Gee - now that I think about it - Publisher is! (I thought you'd figure that out by my signature.) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] "CarolineS" <CarolineS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5D78ABBD-CB3F-43C3-8028-02440511B8D5@microsoft.com... > Thanks for your reply... so can you give me a suggestion of what I might > use > instead? I just want to make a simple 2006 calendar that has a photo > above > it. A template seemed the right way to go, but as I said I can probably > make > one from scratch in Excel given the amount of time it's taken me to try to > modify a template! > > "JoAnn Paules [MVP]" wrote: > >> I'm probably going to ruffle a few feathers but... you're going to have >> limitations when you try to use a word processor to do a desktop >> publishing >> program's job. >> >> -- >> >> JoAnn Paules >> MVP Microsoft [Publisher] >> >> >> >> "CarolineS" <CarolineS@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:F09675FA-E252-44BC-ADE0-7CE3FB0AC566@microsoft.com... >> >I want to use a Word i page 2006 calendar template but would like to >> >change >> > the background color of the months. Tstandard color conflicts with the >> > colors >> > in the photo I am using. Beginning to wonder if it isn't easier to >> > simply >> > make my own in Excel... >> >> >>     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top           ellencz 8/7/2009 12:45 PM PST   "CarolineS" wrote: > I want to use a Word i page 2006 calendar template but would like to change > the background color of the months. Tstandard color conflicts with the colors > in the photo I am using. Beginning to wonder if it isn't easier to simply > make my own in Excel... I just did what you want to do and it is quite simple (and you do not need a publisher program). Click tools, customize, tables & borders and a toolbar will appear. You can change the background of any textbox you highlight using the little paint bucket.     Was this post helpful to you?         Reply |   Top         Return to Microsoft Communities   Notify me of replies