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How do I find a downloaded Word template when I don't know the fi.
I'm downloading a brochure template. The way it downloaded, I don't know the
file name, location of download, etc. is unknown to me. |
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This is very annoying, isn't it? Here are some instructions I wrote a while
back for such a situation involving a newsletter wizard that was designed to be used online (if this doesn't apply to your situation, post back and we'll try again): I tried various ways to do this and finally found one that works. Go ahead and use the wizard online to create your newsletter. Just keep clicking Next and then Finish; it won't matter what your answers a all you want to do is get through the thing and get the document on your computer. When the Wizard is through with its magic, follow these steps: 1. Select Tools | Macro | Macros. 2. Drop down the "Macros in" list and look for one with a weird name (in my case it was tp847[1].dot, but for you it might be tp847.dot; this was not my first stab at downloading). Copy the name down exactly. 3. Use Windows Find/Search to find that file. It will be in Word's Recent folder and will be just a shortcut. (As a shortcut, you can use the History button on the Places Bar in Word's File Open dialog to locate it.) 4. Right-click on the filename and choose Properties. If you're doing this in Windows Explorer, look for the Target box on the Shortcut tab. If in Word's File Open dialog, look for Location on the General tab. 5. Select the path and use Ctrl+C to copy it. 6. In Word's File Open dialog, use Ctrl+V to paste the path into the "File name" box. Press Enter. 7. This will open the actual template. It will be blank, but don't worry about that; the main thing is that it contains all the macros you need to create the newsletter. 8. Choose Save As and select Document Template as the file type if it is not already selected. 9. Ordinarily when you choose to save something as a template, Word will default to the Templates folder, but that didn't happen in this case, so you'll have to navigate to your user templates folder (if you're unsure, get the path from the File Locations tab of Tools | Options). If there's a subfolder you want it to be in, choose that. 10. You'll probably want to change the file name to something like Newsletter Wizard.dot. 11. Save and close. When you select your Newsletter Wizard in the File New dialog, it will behave just the same as it did online. -- 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. "Carol M" Carol wrote in message ... I'm downloading a brochure template. The way it downloaded, I don't know the file name, location of download, etc. is unknown to me. |
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