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Practical writing on getting a designed PDF letterhead into an editable Word document.
Lock Your Law Firm Letterhead Word Template
Stop attorneys from breaking your brand. Learn how to lock styles and restrict editing in your law firm letterhead Word template for consistent letters.
PDF Letterhead to Word: What Happens During Conversion
See exactly how a PDF letterhead to Word conversion works — artwork lifted into headers and footers, body left clean, and a .dotx template ready for daily use.
Engraved Letterhead Stationery vs. Word Templates
Engraved stationery and Word templates serve different jobs. Learn when to use each and how to carry your engraved design into a proper Word template.
How to Add Letterhead to a Word Document
Place letterhead artwork in Word's header and footer zones — not the body. Step-by-step guide, PDF letterhead conversion, and .dotx template setup.
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The attorney letterhead guide
How a solo or small-firm attorney puts a designed letterhead to work in Word — engagement letters, demand letters, opinion letters, and the daily correspondence that has to look like the firm.
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Letterhead design in Word — what Word can and cannot do
Word's headers, type, and rules can carry a letterhead design — but it is a word processor, not a design tool. A clear-eyed look at what Word does well, where it struggles, and when to hand the design to a stationer instead.
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The personal letterhead guide
Personal letterhead — a monogram, a family mark, an engraver's plate — and how it actually gets used in Word for the personal correspondence that still belongs on letterhead.
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How to add a letterhead to a Word document
Three ways to add a letterhead to a Word document — insert an image into the header, start from a template, or convert a designed PDF. Which fits which.
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Letterhead format in Word — the rules that actually matter
Margins, header and footer heights, type sizes, address-line tracking — the format rules a letterhead in Word should follow, and why.
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The nonprofit letterhead guide
How nonprofits put a designed letterhead to work in Word — donor letters, grant correspondence, board communications, and 501(c)(3) tax receipts.
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Word letterhead template vs. converting your own
A Word letterhead template gallery is fine for a generic letterhead. If you already have a designed one, converting it is the better path. Here is the comparison.
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The complete guide to putting a letterhead in Microsoft Word
Everything that matters about getting a letterhead into Word — headers and footers, page sizes, multi-page continuation, .docx vs .dotx, and team rollout.
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.dotx vs .docx: which letterhead template format you actually want
A .docx and a .dotx both hold your letterhead. The difference is what happens when someone opens the file — and for a shared template, that difference matters.
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Family office letterhead: a guide to private correspondence in Word
How a family office puts its trust, foundation, business, and personal letterheads into Word — so every letter goes out on the right one, correctly.
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Law firm letterhead: a guide to digital correspondence
How law firms put their designed letterhead into Word — for demand letters, engagement letters, and multi-page filings — and run it as a firm-wide standard.
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PDF letterhead to Word: the complete conversion guide
Why a PDF letterhead can't be typed on, why generic converters wreck the design, and exactly what a correct PDF-to-Word letterhead conversion produces.
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Word letterhead templates for teams: setup, governance, and rollout
How to turn a letterhead into a Word template a whole team can use — file format, where to store it, rollout, and who owns updates — so the design never drifts.
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My designer gave me a PDF letterhead. Now what?
You paid for a beautiful letterhead. It arrived as a PDF. You can't actually type on a PDF. Here's what most people don't know about getting it into Word.
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How to insert a PDF into a Word header (the right way)
Word lets you put an image in the header. The obvious workflow scales it wrong, breaks margins, and corrupts when forwarded. Here's the workflow that actually works.
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Letterhead in Word — every way to do it
Build a letterhead in Word from scratch, convert a designed PDF, or add a letterhead image to a header. A walkthrough of every method and which one fits which situation.
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Word letterhead template vs converting your designed PDF
Microsoft has a free letterhead template gallery. So why pay $19 to convert your own PDF? Three reasons, with examples, and an honest take on when the template is fine.