In Word 2007, if you change a .docx file's extension to .dotx or .dotm, Word
2007 won't even open it.
Further, to demonstrate the difference, choose Tools - Templates and Add-ins
(in Word 2007, Developer ribbon tab, click Document Template). Click Attach
and try to attach a .doc file to an existing .doc file. It cannot be done.
Word responds "The document template is not valid".
Gordon might think the difference is pedantic. Word disagrees.
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Herb Tyson MS MVP
Author of the Word 2007 Bible
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm for
more
information. Note, too, that if you change the extension from .dot to
.doc,
you have not produced a document: Word still knows it's a template (and
vice
versa).
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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
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"Gordon" wrote in message
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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
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No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And
all
the other stuff Graham said.
Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic
distinction.