Windows XP/Word 2003 SP2

I have a custom button on my toolbar for File | New, which opens up my list
of templates. I have tried to use the same thing at my office where we have
just had Word 2003 installed, but when I press File | New - either from the
standard toolbar or my custom button, the Task Pane opens showing me a list
of recently used templates and the usual offer to find templates on my PC or
online.

How can I avoid this, please, and just get File | New to let me choose from
my list of templates.?

oe wrote:
Windows XP/Word 2003 SP2

I have a custom button on my toolbar for File | New, which opens up
my list of templates. I have tried to use the same thing at my office
where we have just had Word 2003 installed, but when I press File |
New - either from the standard toolbar or my custom button, the Task
Pane opens showing me a list of recently used templates and the usual
offer to find templates on my PC or online.

How can I avoid this, please, and just get File | New to let me
choose from my list of templates.?

In the Tools Customize Commands list, there are three "New" commands in
the File category. Don't use any of them. :-( The one with three dots
brings the task pane, the one with a triangle opens a dropdown list of
options, and the one with nothing after it is the "instant blank document
from Normal.dot" command.

Click the All Commands catgory, and find the command named FileNewDialog.
That's the one to put on your toolbar. It doesn't have an icon by default,
but you can copy the icon from the original New button and paste it using
the right-click menu of the new New button. Then delete the original button
from the toolbar, and you're all set.

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Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
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Thanks, I'll try that in the office on Monday.

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oe wrote:
Windows XP/Word 2003 SP2

I have a custom button on my toolbar for File | New, which opens up
my list of templates. I have tried to use the same thing at my office
where we have just had Word 2003 installed, but when I press File |
New - either from the standard toolbar or my custom button, the Task
Pane opens showing me a list of recently used templates and the usual
offer to find templates on my PC or online.

How can I avoid this, please, and just get File | New to let me
choose from my list of templates.?

In the Tools Customize Commands list, there are three "New" commands
in
the File category. Don't use any of them. :-( The one with three dots
brings the task pane, the one with a triangle opens a dropdown list of
options, and the one with nothing after it is the "instant blank document
from Normal.dot" command.

Click the All Commands catgory, and find the command named FileNewDialog.
That's the one to put on your toolbar. It doesn't have an icon by default,
but you can copy the icon from the original New button and paste it using
the right-click menu of the new New button. Then delete the original
button
from the toolbar, and you're all set.

--
Regards,
Jay Freedman
Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org
Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup
so
all may benefit.