I want to have a tab in the General Templates dialog box in Word (XP Pro) so
other users can select company templates instead of going to Faxes or Memos
or Resumes etc. I have seen it done before but can't do it myself.

Add a folder to your template dir. New sub directories become tabs.

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On Tue, 15 Mar 2005 22:45:01 -0800, LorraineR
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I want to have a tab in the General Templates dialog box in Word (XP Pro) so
other users can select company templates instead of going to Faxes or Memos
or Resumes etc. I have seen it done before but can't do it myself.

See €œHOW TO: Add a New Tab for Custom Templates in Word 2002€�
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=291468

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"LorraineR" wrote in message
...
I want to have a tab in the General Templates dialog box in Word (XP Pro)
so
other users can select company templates instead of going to Faxes or
Memos
or Resumes etc. I have seen it done before but can't do it myself.

For info 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

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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!
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"LorraineR" wrote in message
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I want to have a tab in the General Templates dialog box in Word (XP Pro)
so
other users can select company templates instead of going to Faxes or
Memos
or Resumes etc. I have seen it done before but can't do it myself.