Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

If you have created a true template (.dot file) and are using it correctly,
this is exactly what you will get. You don't *open* the template; you create
a new document based on it by selecting the template in the File New dialog;
to make this possible, you must save the template in Word's user templates
folder. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template
that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as
a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

Try this...open the file properties for that file. Check the "read only"
attribute and then "apply". This forces the user to save the file every time
with a new file name. this protects the original from being changed. Hope
this helps.

"wel" wrote:

Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

hi Suzanne,

thanks for your link.


"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

If you have created a true template (.dot file) and are using it correctly,
this is exactly what you will get. You don't *open* the template; you create
a new document based on it by selecting the template in the File New dialog;
to make this possible, you must save the template in Word's user templates
folder. See
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...platePart1.htm.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"wel" wrote in message
...
Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template
that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as
a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

hi jorge,

thanks for your great help!


"jorge@floors" wrote:

Try this...open the file properties for that file. Check the "read only"
attribute and then "apply". This forces the user to save the file every time
with a new file name. this protects the original from being changed. Hope
this helps.

"wel" wrote:

Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

Your welcome. Did it work? Cuz I am a novices novice...I just happen to learn
that "read only" thing that day.

Good luck...Jorge


"wel" wrote:

hi jorge,

thanks for your great help!


"jorge@floors" wrote:

Try this...open the file properties for that file. Check the "read only"
attribute and then "apply". This forces the user to save the file every time
with a new file name. this protects the original from being changed. Hope
this helps.

"wel" wrote:

Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a template that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save As' as a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a template?

Please help,
wel

Well, although your solution will work, it is not really the correct way to
use a template.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so
all may benefit.

"jorge@floors" wrote in message
...
Your welcome. Did it work? Cuz I am a novices novice...I just happen to
learn
that "read only" thing that day.

Good luck...Jorge


"wel" wrote:

hi jorge,

thanks for your great help!


"jorge@floors" wrote:

Try this...open the file properties for that file. Check the "read
only"
attribute and then "apply". This forces the user to save the file
every time
with a new file name. this protects the original from being changed.
Hope
this helps.

"wel" wrote:

Hi,

can anyone out there, please help me! I would like to create a
template that
when you click on 'Save', it will automatically direct you to 'Save
As' as a
word document, '.doc' instead of '.dot'. As I don't want it to save
on the
template and destroy the template.

Is there a way or some how programming to set this function on a
template?

Please help,
wel