Anyone looking to make their own contracts will love this.
Pretty informative and handy (I thought).
Pretty informative and handy (I thought).
Great tutorial for making contracts in MS Word
- Thread starter Hank Davidson
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MS Word has been an important part of my dj world --- from contracts, flyers, congratulation cards, thank you cards, etc........
Just another tool of the trade.
Just another tool of the trade.
Been using Word and Access for everything since we were printing on clay tablets.
Actually the transition took place when laser printers became readily available. The old three part press-through forms were only good for dot matrix.
If someone is considering a change, that article Hank referenced is very good.
Actually the transition took place when laser printers became readily available. The old three part press-through forms were only good for dot matrix.
If someone is considering a change, that article Hank referenced is very good.
Hot damn! I've been meaning to get around to creating a template. Thanks Hank.
My contracts are currently in Word, but I have an assbackwards way of inputting the information. (Would you believe a series of textboxes?)
After you make them up on Word or whatever, print them into PDF format before you send them out. Just a good protection practice.
djsarge
Mac Daddy DJ
If you send a contract in WORD to a client, it may look different on their screen as compared to yours depending on the printer drivers. IMO the best thing to do is make a form fillable contract in PDF format. The problem with that is, even though you can get fairly inexpensive software to make it form fillable, in order for that form to be savable, you need the Acrobat program.
PrimoPDF is an application that lets you save anything as a PDF. So, anything you create in word can be sent as a PDF file.
I've been using a contract template in Word for awhile now. I started years ago when I created my Medical Run Reports for my department as fillin forms on Word "95" (I believe).
Sarge,
If you print your Word document as a .pdf file it creates a file that can't be altered. Here's a link for a free opensourse PDF program. http://www.pdfforge.org/ or www.pdf995.com It's real simple to do. Once the progam is loaded on your computer and you select PDJ creator as a print option, it automatically creates a .pdf file. You then just email that .pdf file to your client. Everyone has a simple program to open a .pdf file on their computer.
If you need help let me know.
Sarge,
If you print your Word document as a .pdf file it creates a file that can't be altered. Here's a link for a free opensourse PDF program. http://www.pdfforge.org/ or www.pdf995.com It's real simple to do. Once the progam is loaded on your computer and you select PDJ creator as a print option, it automatically creates a .pdf file. You then just email that .pdf file to your client. Everyone has a simple program to open a .pdf file on their computer.
If you need help let me know.
You can keep your text boxes and use the "insert field" feature within them as well.
I'm a big fan of PrimoPDF I use it all the time. Anything I purchase online I print the receipt as a PDF and file it away. Boy I love the paperless office. 
I did have some issues with more advanced PDFs (with charts, graphs, and images) not displaying properly on OS X (Mac) but it was only reported by 1 person so it could have been his settings.
I used to have a set of Open Source tools for advanced PDF management but cannot seem to find it now.
I did have some issues with more advanced PDFs (with charts, graphs, and images) not displaying properly on OS X (Mac) but it was only reported by 1 person so it could have been his settings. I used to have a set of Open Source tools for advanced PDF management but cannot seem to find it now.
Let it be know:
Dan cannot find his tool!!!
Hey they don't call it a halligan bar for nothing.
