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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the
time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your
desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your
customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a
template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but also all the built-in AutoText entries. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Great point. This didn't affect me since I have just started a new job with a
new PC so didn't have a lot of toolbar customisations etc to lose - but will definitely keep that in mind in the future. In the meantime, the customisations I make should be saved with my new modified normal.dot. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but also all the built-in AutoText entries. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Believe me, you cannot create your own Normal.dot. Only Word can do that.
See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm for instructions on the correct way to customize Normal.dot. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Great point. This didn't affect me since I have just started a new job with a new PC so didn't have a lot of toolbar customisations etc to lose - but will definitely keep that in mind in the future. In the meantime, the customisations I make should be saved with my new modified normal.dot. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but also all the built-in AutoText entries. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Note, if you followed your instructions to name something else normal.dot
you lost all the built-in AutoText entries. Your new modified normal.dot is broken because those are customizations that Word gives you only in its normal.dot. See http://addbalance.com/word/movetotemplate.htm for step-by-step instructions on moving / sharing / copying / backing-up customizations including AutoText, AutoCorrect, keyboard assignments, toolbars, macros, etc. -- 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! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Great point. This didn't affect me since I have just started a new job with a new PC so didn't have a lot of toolbar customisations etc to lose - but will definitely keep that in mind in the future. In the meantime, the customisations I make should be saved with my new modified normal.dot. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but also all the built-in AutoText entries. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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How do I change the defult opening doc in word 2003?
Thanks for that. The article comprehensively explains the pitfalls in my
method. I think I will use your suggestion and add a shortcut to my template in my quick task bar (after resetting the normal template of course!). "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Believe me, you cannot create your own Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...alTemplate.htm for instructions on the correct way to customize Normal.dot. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Great point. This didn't affect me since I have just started a new job with a new PC so didn't have a lot of toolbar customisations etc to lose - but will definitely keep that in mind in the future. In the meantime, the customisations I make should be saved with my new modified normal.dot. Thanks "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: Because you cannot create a Normal.dot. Only Word can do that. If you save a template as Normal.dot, you will lose not only all your customizations but also all the built-in AutoText entries. -- 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. "Sp8s4me" wrote in message ... Why not just delete the normal.dot sheet in Templates folder, and save your customised template as normal.dot? Then the customised template starts up when you start word, and when you click on the new button. I have just done this and it seems to work fine with my customised headers etc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: The easiest way to do this is to put a shortcut to the template on your desktop or Start menu and use that to start Word. Note, however, that the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. -- 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. "John45511" wrote in message ... I have developed a specific style doc that I would like to use most of the time I use Word 2003. Is their a way to define this style as the opening window when I open Word. Thanks John45511 |
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