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Charles Kenyon
 
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Default How to Open Template as Template NOT as '.doc' ?

The way templates should be used is to create new documents. They should not
be opened to be used; but rather opened to be edited so that future
documents based on the template will be different. Opening them for use is
counter to Word's design and will cause you problems.

For more on the different kinds of templates, tabs on the file new dialog,
and locations of templates folders see
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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Background:
We have users that get themselves tangled up by going into Windows
Explorer, opening a template via double clicking on it so it opens as a
'.doc'. Then they go to save it, and it cannot be saved as a Template
back to the same location and name. This causes constant problems for
us in tech support.

Is there a way to tweak settings so it does not matter whether they
double click on the template name or Right-click / Open in the Explorer
Window - it will still open the Template as a Template (.dot)?

If they go into Word, click on Open and then they drill down to our
custom Templates folder where there are only templates, and they either
double click on one to open it, or highlight it and click on Open - I
believe this part works to open the Template as a Template of the
original Template name.

This would help us greatly! Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Kind regards,
Cole