Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
Template
I am using Word 2000.
I created a template with DOT extension. Now I just want it as a document. So I resaved it with a DOC extension. That is how it shows in the directory. But when I bring it up again and want to resave it, it goes back to DOT. What am I doing wrong???? Aurora |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
Except in the most recent versions of Word, you can't save a template as a
document. Changing the extension makes Windows think it is a document, but Word knows it is a template. The correct way to make a document from a template is to create a new document based on the template. This is the default action if you double-click on the icon. If you stored the template in one of your templates folders, File New will let you pick the template as the basis for a new document. 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. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000. I created a template with DOT extension. Now I just want it as a document. So I resaved it with a DOC extension. That is how it shows in the directory. But when I bring it up again and want to resave it, it goes back to DOT. What am I doing wrong???? Aurora |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Thank you for answering. I must have been having a senior
moment. While I was working with a template, I was not thinking template vs document. You reminded me of what I was doing. Thank you again. Aurora -----Original Message----- Except in the most recent versions of Word, you can't save a template as a document. Changing the extension makes Windows think it is a document, but Word knows it is a template. The correct way to make a document from a template is to create a new document based on the template. This is the default action if you double-click on the icon. If you stored the template in one of your templates folders, File New will let you pick the template as the basis for a new document. 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. -- 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://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ------- -- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. "Aurora" wrote in message ... I am using Word 2000. I created a template with DOT extension. Now I just want it as a document. So I resaved it with a DOC extension. That is how it shows in the directory. But when I bring it up again and want to resave it, it goes back to DOT. What am I doing wrong???? Aurora . |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Autotext exclusive to a new template | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Bring custom toolbars with templates | Page Layout | |||
Changed Template | Microsoft Word Help | |||
How do I access a created template from letter wizard | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Documenting the template formats | Page Layout |