[AYJ]

Thanks so much!

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

The default template when you use the FileNewDefault command (the one
represented by the New button on the Standard toolbar) is always Normal.dot.
There is no way around that. You can create as many other templates as you
want, store them in the User Templates folder, and access them via FileNew
(or FileNewDialog in Word 2002 and 2003), but if you want Word to start with
a document based on a different template, you must use one of two methods:

1. Create a shortcut used to start Word that has a \ttemplatename switch.

2. Put a shortcut to the template itself on your desktop or the Start Menu;
since the default action for this shortcut will be New, you'll start with a
new document based on this template.

In either case, you'll get a document based on this template only when you
first start Word. After that, the New button will still give you a new Blank
Document based on Normal.dot. You can add a button to run the FileNew or
FileNewDialog command, to allow you to select your desired template, or you
could create a macro to open a new document based on that template and
assign it to a toolbar button.

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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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"AYJ" wrote in message
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I can't figure out how to set the computer to the template I want