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Double-Clicking Template "Opens" instead of "New"
I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a "new"
..doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right now. That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office 2002 to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint. I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File - New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides, isn't that the whole point of creating a template file? I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003. |
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Double-Clicking Template "Opens" instead of "New"
You probably just need to "reregister" Word to reestablish the file
associations. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- 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. "GW" wrote in message ... I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a "new" .doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right now. That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office 2002 to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint. I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File - New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides, isn't that the whole point of creating a template file? I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003. |
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Double-Clicking Template "Opens" instead of "New"
Thank you very much! It worked!
For those of you that found this string and want the answer... To reregister Word: Start | Run In the prompt, type: "winword /r" (Notice the space before the forward slash) Hit Enter. To reregister Excel: Start | Run In the prompt, type: "excel.exe /regserver" (Notice the space before the forward slash) Hit Enter. Doing these two things "reregisters" Word and Excel and restores the original defaults, but didn't kill my addins or anything. Thanks again, Garrett Woodroof Meathead Movers, Inc. "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote: You probably just need to "reregister" Word to reestablish the file associations. See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/ReRegisterWord.htm -- 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. "GW" wrote in message ... I need to be able to simply double-click a .dot file and have it open a "new" .doc file instead of opening the actual .dot file as it is doing right now. That's how it always worked before, but ever since I updated from Office 2002 to Office 2003, I've had this one complaint. I'm sure it's a setting somewhere, but I don't know where it is. I know to simply right-click on the template and select "New", or go throught File - New - Template... but I can't expect my co-workers to know that. Besides, isn't that the whole point of creating a template file? I'm having the same issue in Excel 2003. |
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