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File in Use - MS Word Document won't release
When I generate a template using MS Word 2003 and save it to my desk top and
close it, I can't then generate another MS Word document using that same template. It's as if the first document is still open. But, it's not. It's closed. It's as if the template is still in use. Please help! |
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File in Use - MS Word Document won't release
Under some circumstances, the file IS still open :-)
Sometimes, it's Outlook that is holding it open (Outlook runs a second copy of Word to edit email). I suggest the first thing to do is put the template in your User Templates folder, not on your desktop. Various things may interfere with its operation if it is on the desktop. But sometimes, you may have to close both Word and Outlook to force a file to be released. Hope this helps On 10/2/07 7:55 AM, in article , "Dwhite" wrote: When I generate a template using MS Word 2003 and save it to my desk top and close it, I can't then generate another MS Word document using that same template. It's as if the first document is still open. But, it's not. It's closed. It's as if the template is still in use. Please help! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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File in Use - MS Word Document won't release
WOW! Thank you so much for replying. The setting in Outlook was definitely
was causing the problem. "John McGhie [MVP - Word and Word Macinto" wrote: Under some circumstances, the file IS still open :-) Sometimes, it's Outlook that is holding it open (Outlook runs a second copy of Word to edit email). I suggest the first thing to do is put the template in your User Templates folder, not on your desktop. Various things may interfere with its operation if it is on the desktop. But sometimes, you may have to close both Word and Outlook to force a file to be released. Hope this helps On 10/2/07 7:55 AM, in article , "Dwhite" wrote: When I generate a template using MS Word 2003 and save it to my desk top and close it, I can't then generate another MS Word document using that same template. It's as if the first document is still open. But, it's not. It's closed. It's as if the template is still in use. Please help! -- Please reply to the newsgroup to maintain the thread. Please do not email me unless I ask you to. John McGhie Microsoft MVP, Word and Word for Macintosh. Business Analyst, Consultant Technical Writer. Sydney, Australia +61 (0) 4 1209 1410 |
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