I have a user who used to double-click on a template file within Windows
Explorer and it would open allowing her to edit the template file directly.

The template file got corrupt somehow which she corrected by over-writing
the corrupt file with a known good version. Now however when she
double-clicks on the template file within Windows Explorer it opens a
document, not the template. I know she can work around it by opening the
template appropriately via Word and choosing to open *.dot files. She is
requesting that get this file to behave as it did once before. Any ideas?

If it worked that way BEFORE, then the setting was changed. Default behavior
for double-clicking a DOT file is to create a new document from the
template. To change that, double-click My Computer, hit Tools--Folder
options. Click the File types tab. Scroll down and select DOT, hit Advanced
button. Select Open, and choose Set Default, Ok.
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Shhted" wrote in message
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I have a user who used to double-click on a template file within Windows
Explorer and it would open allowing her to edit the template file
directly.

The template file got corrupt somehow which she corrected by over-writing
the corrupt file with a known good version. Now however when she
double-clicks on the template file within Windows Explorer it opens a
document, not the template. I know she can work around it by opening the
template appropriately via Word and choosing to open *.dot files. She is
requesting that get this file to behave as it did once before. Any ideas?

Excellent! Thank you!

"Anne Troy" wrote:

If it worked that way BEFORE, then the setting was changed. Default behavior
for double-clicking a DOT file is to create a new document from the
template. To change that, double-click My Computer, hit Tools--Folder
options. Click the File types tab. Scroll down and select DOT, hit Advanced
button. Select Open, and choose Set Default, Ok.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

"Shhted" wrote in message
...
I have a user who used to double-click on a template file within Windows
Explorer and it would open allowing her to edit the template file
directly.

The template file got corrupt somehow which she corrected by over-writing
the corrupt file with a known good version. Now however when she
double-clicks on the template file within Windows Explorer it opens a
document, not the template. I know she can work around it by opening the
template appropriately via Word and choosing to open *.dot files. She is
requesting that get this file to behave as it did once before. Any ideas?

The behavior before was wrong! She can right-click on the template if she
wants and select Open. The regular use for a template is to create new
documents, not to edit the template.
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://word.mvps.org/FAQs/ which is awesome!
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"Shhted" wrote in message
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I have a user who used to double-click on a template file within Windows
Explorer and it would open allowing her to edit the template file
directly.

The template file got corrupt somehow which she corrected by over-writing
the corrupt file with a known good version. Now however when she
double-clicks on the template file within Windows Explorer it opens a
document, not the template. I know she can work around it by opening the
template appropriately via Word and choosing to open *.dot files. She is
requesting that get this file to behave as it did once before. Any ideas?