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Saving a template so it opens as a unsaved doc
Hi all, Using ancient Word 97, so bear with me!
I have created and saved a template for a letterhead. When I open it through Explorer, it opens an unsaved document based on the template I have created (which is how I expect templates to respond!). However, when I, or anyone else opens it through Word (File, Open etc) then it opens the template to edit that, rather than a new document, which is what I DON'T want it to do! I need to be able to edit the doc but I want anyone else to just be able to use the letterhead for their own letters, not to edit the template. Hope this makes sense! ANY help gratefully received! |
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Having not used 97 since 2000 came out, so my memory may fail me.
Try using File, New instead of Open. This will give you the templates to choose from and this will open a new document based on the template and not the template itself. So long as your new template is saved in the User Templates location, this can be found under the Tools, Options, File Locations dialog. Hope this helps DeanH "ebentall" wrote: Hi all, Using ancient Word 97, so bear with me! I have created and saved a template for a letterhead. When I open it through Explorer, it opens an unsaved document based on the template I have created (which is how I expect templates to respond!). However, when I, or anyone else opens it through Word (File, Open etc) then it opens the template to edit that, rather than a new document, which is what I DON'T want it to do! I need to be able to edit the doc but I want anyone else to just be able to use the letterhead for their own letters, not to edit the template. Hope this makes sense! ANY help gratefully received! |
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Hi Dean,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I failed to mention this is for work rather than standalone personal use. Being part of this network restricts the use of the template section to all but authorised templates. This is just for a minority of users. Any other thoughts...?!!!! Ed "DeanH" wrote: Having not used 97 since 2000 came out, so my memory may fail me. Try using File, New instead of Open. This will give you the templates to choose from and this will open a new document based on the template and not the template itself. So long as your new template is saved in the User Templates location, this can be found under the Tools, Options, File Locations dialog. Hope this helps DeanH "ebentall" wrote: Hi all, Using ancient Word 97, so bear with me! I have created and saved a template for a letterhead. When I open it through Explorer, it opens an unsaved document based on the template I have created (which is how I expect templates to respond!). However, when I, or anyone else opens it through Word (File, Open etc) then it opens the template to edit that, rather than a new document, which is what I DON'T want it to do! I need to be able to edit the doc but I want anyone else to just be able to use the letterhead for their own letters, not to edit the template. Hope this makes sense! ANY help gratefully received! |
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As per Doug Robbins previous posting:
You can create a folder somewhere on your network and on each machine, set the Workgroup Templates location (ToolsOptionsFile Locations) to that folder. Be aware though, if you do this, you will not be able to update the template if any user has a document open that was created from that template. A better method is discussed in the article "Distributing macros to other users" at: http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Macros...buteMacros.htm Best of luck DeanH "ebentall" wrote: Hi Dean, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I failed to mention this is for work rather than standalone personal use. Being part of this network restricts the use of the template section to all but authorised templates. This is just for a minority of users. Any other thoughts...?!!!! Ed "DeanH" wrote: Having not used 97 since 2000 came out, so my memory may fail me. Try using File, New instead of Open. This will give you the templates to choose from and this will open a new document based on the template and not the template itself. So long as your new template is saved in the User Templates location, this can be found under the Tools, Options, File Locations dialog. Hope this helps DeanH "ebentall" wrote: Hi all, Using ancient Word 97, so bear with me! I have created and saved a template for a letterhead. When I open it through Explorer, it opens an unsaved document based on the template I have created (which is how I expect templates to respond!). However, when I, or anyone else opens it through Word (File, Open etc) then it opens the template to edit that, rather than a new document, which is what I DON'T want it to do! I need to be able to edit the doc but I want anyone else to just be able to use the letterhead for their own letters, not to edit the template. Hope this makes sense! ANY help gratefully received! |
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Unfortunately, if your template is not saved in the default Templates folder
or a subfolder, it will not appear in the File New dialog. But you can still right-click on any template in the Open dialog and select New. It's more trouble than double-clicking, but unfortunately, this is the way Word works. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA "ebentall" wrote in message ... Hi Dean, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I failed to mention this is for work rather than standalone personal use. Being part of this network restricts the use of the template section to all but authorised templates. This is just for a minority of users. Any other thoughts...?!!!! Ed "DeanH" wrote: Having not used 97 since 2000 came out, so my memory may fail me. Try using File, New instead of Open. This will give you the templates to choose from and this will open a new document based on the template and not the template itself. So long as your new template is saved in the User Templates location, this can be found under the Tools, Options, File Locations dialog. Hope this helps DeanH "ebentall" wrote: Hi all, Using ancient Word 97, so bear with me! I have created and saved a template for a letterhead. When I open it through Explorer, it opens an unsaved document based on the template I have created (which is how I expect templates to respond!). However, when I, or anyone else opens it through Word (File, Open etc) then it opens the template to edit that, rather than a new document, which is what I DON'T want it to do! I need to be able to edit the doc but I want anyone else to just be able to use the letterhead for their own letters, not to edit the template. Hope this makes sense! ANY help gratefully received! |
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