A template placed in the Startup folder provides only macros, toolbars,
AutoText, and other UI items; it does not provide styles or formatting; see
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm. You can make
a shortcut to start Word with a document based on a specific template, but
the New button will still create a new document based on Normal.dot. You
would do better to replace the New button with one representing the
FileNewDialog command and educate users to select the company letter
template from the New dialog. This will create a document based on that
template and containing all its styles and formatting as well as the custom
toolbars.
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site:
http://word.mvps.org
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Hi,
I've been trying to get the template that i created in word 03 to work. At
the moment, i have it saved in C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\OFFICE11\STARTUP hoping that everytime i open up a new document, it
will always load up my own template(for company letter). This works fine.
What doesn't work is that in the template - company_letter.dot, i have
ensure
that the font is set to Garamond, size:12, indentation, page setup, my own
toolbars and all the other stuffs i need to make it a proper letter. I
have
it saved. When i open a new word document, i can see it's company_letter
template that gets loaded up but all settings i set before aren't there in
the new document except for the toolbar i created.
Are there anything i missed out here? or do i need a macro to do this?
Thank you in advance