Microsoft Word has several features that you can customize, including tabs displaying user-created templates. Photo kit sharpener 2. Adding a tab for your Word document templates is a process involving both Windows Explorer and Word. No registry tweaking is necessary. The operation's result isn't visible if you apply the fast method of creating new documents in Word -- pressing 'Control-N.' It is visible once you click the File menu's 'New' command.
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Step 1
Open Word and click the multicolored Microsoft Office button in the top-left corner of the application window. Click the 'Word Options' button that appears.
Step 2
Click the 'Advanced' link in the left pane of the 'Word Options' dialog box, then scroll down to the 'General' heading.
Step 3
Click the 'File locations' button, then click the row 'User templates' in the dialog box that appears.
Step 4
Click the 'Modify' button, then right-click on any blank space in the pane on the right. You won't be modifying the link to the folder that Word searches for custom templates, but creating a sub-folder within that folder.
Step 5
Select the 'New' item from the pop-up menu, then click 'Folder.' Type a name for the folder that's appropriate to the templates you want to store in it. For example, type 'My custom templates,' or 'My business letterhead.' Double-click the new folder to open it.
Step 6
Jot down the full path name that appears in the address bar of the 'Modify location' dialog box. Or, select and copy (by pressing 'Control-C') this path name.
Step 7
Press 'Cancel' to close the dialog box, then press the 'Close' or 'Cancel' buttons on the remaining open-dialog boxes. Now that you've made a folder for storing your template, you'll put something in that folder. Word requires this before it can display a new tab to represent the folder's templates.
Step 8
Open Windows Explorer, then navigate to one of your existing Word templates. If you don't know where one is, locate it by entering '*.dot*' in Explorer's search dialog box.
Step 9
Copy at least one existing template from step 8 into the folder name you jotted down in step 6.
Click, in Word, the Office button's 'New' item, then click the left pane's 'My templates' link. The dialog box that appears will display a new tab whose name matches the name of the folder you created in step 5.
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Tablature, more commonly referred to as tab, is a system of notation used by guitar and bass players. Tab notation consists of six lines representing the strings of the guitar, with the top line representing the highest string on the guitar. Circled numbers are placed on the graph to indicate the frets to be played. Microsoft Word doesn't include a template for guitar tabs, but with the table feature and the 'Insert Symbols' command, you can use Microsoft Word to create your own custom tabs.
Step 1
Open Microsoft Word and on the 'File' menu choose 'New' to open a blank document. Go to the 'Insert' menu and create a table. The table should be one column wide and five rows high. This will give you the six strings of a guitar. If you're doing bass tab, make your table one column wide and three rows high.
Step 2
Type the fret numbers of your tablature under the string you want play the note on. You can download a free font that has the numbers 1-6 in circles, as well as other musical symbols, to add authenticity to your tab.
Step 3
Go to your 'Insert' menu and choose 'Symbols.' Make sure to choose the Times New Roman symbols. From this dialogue box, you can select the appropriate symbols for guitar bends, tied notes, slides and string vibration. The Times New Roman font contains symbols that represent these elements closely. Ensure that your cursor is in the correct place when you insert one of the symbols.
Add columns as needed to create music bars in your tab. Do this by right clicking your mouse or using the 'Insert' menu. Add a column to the right of the current column to create a new bar of music. You can add additional tab graphs by hitting 'Enter' and dropping down two spaces, then repeating Step 1.