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Jay Freedman
 
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Default How to Open Template as Template NOT as '.doc' ?

Hi Cole,

In case you missed it, go look at my reply in the other branch of this
thread.

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On 26 Jun 2006 14:35:56 -0700, wrote:

We have - they say "buy the new version that resolves this issue."
This will happen some time in the future. For now, our hands are tied
and I'm looking for a solution with what we've got.

Is there, perchance, a parameter that can be set in Windows Explorer:

- Under Folder Options
- File Types tab
- For 'DOT Microsoft Word Template'
- Advanced
- Open
- Edit
- Application used to perform action
- "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" /n
/dde %1

Note - I saw one posting (of another conversation) that seemed to
suggest it might be to get rid of the '/n' parameter and replace it
with a '/t' - I tried this, but it did not seem to make a difference.
I tried:

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\WINWORD.EXE" /t /dde %1

again, to no avail. Isn't there a parameter here where I can tell it
to open the Template as a Template?

If there was, it would solve all our problems.
Thanks all,
Cole


Doug Robbins - Word MVP wrote:
You should be taking this up with whoever perpetrates sdOffice.

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Hi Charles. Yes, I am aware of what you're saying. Please see my
explanation in posting #3 of this set as to why we are using Templates
in this way. We are constrained by circumstance, and opening Templates
as Templates, and then saving them back again as the same Template name
solves a constant problem.
Kind regards,
Cole


Charles Kenyon wrote:
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