I have just upgraded to Word 2003.

When I press file-new it no longer gives me a view of templates on my
computer. How can I get that menu to show automatically rather than the
annoying help pane that comes up requiring me to find the right line and
click again to get what I want.

You can add the old command back to your toolbars or menus by dragging it
from the All Commands list in the Tools Customize dialog. It is called
FileNewDialog.

The default label for this command is "Other...", so you may want to change
this while you are in Customize mode.

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org


"Lorne" wrote in message
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I have just upgraded to Word 2003.

When I press file-new it no longer gives me a view of templates on my
computer. How can I get that menu to show automatically rather than the
annoying help pane that comes up requiring me to find the right line and
click again to get what I want.

Thanks - never found that one when I was looking.


"Margaret Aldis" wrote in
message ...
You can add the old command back to your toolbars or menus by dragging it
from the All Commands list in the Tools Customize dialog. It is called
FileNewDialog.

The default label for this command is "Other...", so you may want to
change
this while you are in Customize mode.

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org


"Lorne" wrote in message
...
I have just upgraded to Word 2003.

When I press file-new it no longer gives me a view of templates on my
computer. How can I get that menu to show automatically rather than the
annoying help pane that comes up requiring me to find the right line and
click again to get what I want.

Glad to have helped - it's hardly obvious, is it!

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org


"Lorne" wrote in message
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Thanks - never found that one when I was looking.


"Margaret Aldis" wrote in
message ...
You can add the old command back to your toolbars or menus by dragging it
from the All Commands list in the Tools Customize dialog. It is called
FileNewDialog.

The default label for this command is "Other...", so you may want to
change
this while you are in Customize mode.

--
Margaret Aldis - Microsoft Word MVP
Syntagma partnership site: http://www.syntagma.co.uk
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org


"Lorne" wrote in message
...
I have just upgraded to Word 2003.

When I press file-new it no longer gives me a view of templates on my
computer. How can I get that menu to show automatically rather than the
annoying help pane that comes up requiring me to find the right line and
click again to get what I want.