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==Narrative Template==
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You may customize your Women and Minorities, Disabled and Veterans and Compensation Analysis narratives after publishing your plans to Microsoft Word and PDF documents.  
You may further customize the narrative by accessing the Narrative Template in Help. Please note that changing the Microsoft Word narrative template does not affect the narrative that is published in PDF format.  See [[Customizing Your Plan Layout and Design]] if you wish to incorporate the changes to a plan you wish to publish only to PDF.  
 
 
 
1) Click Help>View Sample Narrative.
 
 
 
[[file:Help-ViewSampleNarrative.png]]
 
 
   
 
   
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:a)  To customize a narrative  that has been published to Word simply open the document, go to the text you wish to change and add or replace text as needed.
  
[[file:Sample_Narrative_Cover_Page.png‎]]
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:b) To customize a narrative that has been published to PDF you will need a creation utility program, such as Adobe PDF Writer, installed on your PC. If you wish to change several words you may use the text editing feature of the PDF software. If you wish to make more extensive changes you will probably want to create the page in Word, convert it to PDF and then replace the page or pages utilizing the option to insert or replace pages in the PDF creation utility program.
 
 
2) Save the document.<br>
 
:a) Use the Microsoft Word menus to save your document.<br>
 
:b) Select the name and location for your custom Narrative. It is recommended that you rename your narrative to something other than Sample~Narrative.doc.<br>
 
:c) Change Save as type to Word Document.<br>
 
:d) Click Save.<br>
 
  
3) As noted in the document that opens, read through and customize yellow-highlighted text, but do not customize the non-highlighted text.
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You may customize your plan narratives prior to publishing your plans by following the [[Customizing Your Plan Layout and Design]] procedures to create a template that will allow you to publish narratives with reports inserted at the appropriate points.
  
4) Page through the Sample Narrative to the section you wish to customize and type your changes.
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===Customizing The Current Program Year Analysis===
  
5) Save your changes. Refer to step 2.
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The Current Program Year Analysis is generated when the AAP is published. Refer to [[Publish Your Reports]] for instructions to publish plans. After the Current Program Year Analysis has been created, you can follow these steps to customize it.
  
6) If a PDF creation utility program, such as Adobe PDF Writer, is installed on your PC, you may print revised pages to PDF and insert them into your PDF narrative.
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1) Click on the '''Folder''' icon.
 
 
7) Close your Word document.
 
 
 
8) Replace pages in the Affirmative Action Plan.
 
 
 
 
 
==The Current Plan Year Analysis==
 
 
 
The Current Plan Year Analysis is generated when the Affirmative Action Plan is published.  Refer to PrintYourReports for instructions to publish plans. After the Current Plan Year Analysis has been created, you can follow these steps to customize it.
 
 
 
1) Click on the Folder icon.
 
  
 
[[file:Pen_&_Notebook_Icon.png]]
 
[[file:Pen_&_Notebook_Icon.png]]
  
2) Select CPYA-xx.txt.
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2) Select '''CPYA-xx.txt'''.
  
 
3) Type your changes.
 
3) Type your changes.
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6) Close your Word document.
 
6) Close your Word document.
  
7) Replace pages in the Affirmative Action Plan.
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7) Replace pages in the AAP.
 
 
 
 
==Disabled & Veterans Narrative==
 
 
 
Because there are no statistical tests that you must run for the Disabled & Veterans portion, it will not be discussed in detail. The Disabled & Veterans portion is included in the Affirmative Action Plan when the PDF is ''Published''. If you wish to further customize the Disabled & Veterans section the text is available at the end of the Narrative template.
 
 
 
Continue to: [[Print Your Reports]]
 
  
See also:  [[Customizing Your Plan Layout and Design]]
 
  
 
© Copyright Yocom & McKee, Inc.
 
© Copyright Yocom & McKee, Inc.

Latest revision as of 14:22, 19 August 2016

You may customize your Women and Minorities, Disabled and Veterans and Compensation Analysis narratives after publishing your plans to Microsoft Word and PDF documents.

a) To customize a narrative that has been published to Word simply open the document, go to the text you wish to change and add or replace text as needed.
b) To customize a narrative that has been published to PDF you will need a creation utility program, such as Adobe PDF Writer, installed on your PC. If you wish to change several words you may use the text editing feature of the PDF software. If you wish to make more extensive changes you will probably want to create the page in Word, convert it to PDF and then replace the page or pages utilizing the option to insert or replace pages in the PDF creation utility program.

You may customize your plan narratives prior to publishing your plans by following the Customizing Your Plan Layout and Design procedures to create a template that will allow you to publish narratives with reports inserted at the appropriate points.

Customizing The Current Program Year Analysis

The Current Program Year Analysis is generated when the AAP is published. Refer to Publish Your Reports for instructions to publish plans. After the Current Program Year Analysis has been created, you can follow these steps to customize it.

1) Click on the Folder icon.

Pen & Notebook Icon.png

2) Select CPYA-xx.txt.

3) Type your changes.

4) Save the document.

5) If a PDF creation utility program, such as Adobe PDF Writer, is installed on your PC, you may print revised pages to PDF.

6) Close your Word document.

7) Replace pages in the AAP.


© Copyright Yocom & McKee, Inc.