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Old 01-28-2015, 08:59 AM
GrantSaw GrantSaw is offline How to convert 8 1/2 x 11 to A4 Windows 8 How to convert 8 1/2 x 11 to A4 Office 2013
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Hi Everyone

We've had a bit of a problem with a load of precedent at my work they all have been set to size 8 1/2 x 11 instead of A4.

Our external IT company are saying we have to individually go to each document, right click, go to edit, change the size to A4 and then save. This does work but we have hundreds of precedents and this would take forever. Is there a setting where we can just do a mass change for 8 1/2 x 11 size documents to be set to A4?

This would be a huge help

Thanks
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Charles Kenyon Charles Kenyon is online now How to convert 8 1/2 x 11 to A4 Windows 7 64bit How to convert 8 1/2 x 11 to A4 Office 2010 32bit
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No. There is no such setting.
You could use a macro that would do this for all documents in a particular folder.
Here are some pages that could get you started with this:
Graham has a number of batch operation Add-Ins but I think the one shown above would work for you. You will need to create a macro for the conversion to A4. His Add-In page has instructions on what is needed for the macro. It will then run it on all documents in a particular folder and its subfolders.

Be sure to change the normal.dotm template to A4 size.
Normal Template in Microsoft Word - How to Find or Open the Normal Template

When you say precedents, are you talking about Templates?
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Hi Thanks for your reply

When I say precedents I mean pre typed word documents that our secretary's use on a daily basis. We recently changed systems and are now starting to use office 2013. They were working fine but its now seemed to of defaulted certain documents to 8 1/2 x 11 when they use to be on A4.

I will check out the links you have provided me with

Thanks again
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Hi Thanks for your reply

When I say precedents I mean pre typed word documents that our secretary's use on a daily basis. We recently changed systems and are now starting to use office 2013. They were working fine but its now seemed to of defaulted certain documents to 8 1/2 x 11 when they use to be on A4.

I will check out the links you have provided me with

Thanks again
I urge you to look into the use of custom document templates rather than precedents. They cut way down on errors creeping into your documents.
Templates in Microsoft Word
See especially Workgroup Templates.

BTW, if Graham's Add-In does help you out, I would urge you to make a small donation (perhaps 1% of what you are paying your IT company in a month) to him.

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