[Karin C.[_2_]]

Does anyone know a lot about how Sharepoint and Word templates interact?

I have a client who was opening her templates (which are on Sharepoint)
directly by double-clicking instead of going through Word. The result of this
is that she was getting a .dot document, rather than a copy of the template.
Here is her original question:
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"We have come up against a slight technical glitch with posting our template
documents to the sharepoint site for our authors to access. When we post the
templates as .dot (template) files to sharepoint, sharepoint does not
recognize them as templates (which generate .doc files when opened) €“ and
the authors can open them as .dot template files. This effectively
circumvents the utility of having a template file in the first place (and
also poses the risk of file corruption if the author begins working with this
..dot file in their working folder).

So what we would like to do is the following (see below).

When posting submission ready templates to R+I, they will be posted as read
only .doc files €“ such that when an author opens the file, it will open as a
..doc file. In order for the author to save this file they must perform a
€˜save as and save the file to their own network folder.
This will simulate the action of .dot template files on a fileshare (in a
network folder) in that the original content of the document is preserved.
This will eliminate any possibility of an author accidentally saving a file
as a .dot file within their own network folder, which can lead to corrupted
documents."
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I found some instructions on Microsoft's site about this, I think:

1. Open the Microsoft Office program you want to use to create the file.
2. From the New File task pane in any Office 2003 program, in the
Templatessection, click On my Web sites.
3. If the New File task pane is closed, click File, and then click New.
4. In the Filename field, type in the URL of the server and the path to the
template that you would like to open, and then click Open. You can enter an
Internet address (such as www.example.com) or an intranet address (such as
http://example).

I just sent her this email so I'm not sure if that will work or not...

Does anyone have any experience with Sharepoint and templates? I sure could
use some guidance!!!

Thank you!

[Graham Mayor]

My guess is that this has nothing to do with Sharepoint, but that the
default action on the user's PC (in Windows Explorer) for the dot extension
is open and not new. Check the file associations in Windows Explorer for
that PC.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

My web site www.gmayor.com
Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org


Karin C. wrote:
Does anyone know a lot about how Sharepoint and Word templates
interact?

I have a client who was opening her templates (which are on
Sharepoint) directly by double-clicking instead of going through
Word. The result of this is that she was getting a .dot document,
rather than a copy of the template. Here is her original question:
------------------------
"We have come up against a slight technical glitch with posting our
template documents to the sharepoint site for our authors to access.
When we post the templates as .dot (template) files to sharepoint,
sharepoint does not recognize them as templates (which generate .doc
files when opened) - and the authors can open them as .dot template
files. This effectively circumvents the utility of having a template
file in the first place (and also poses the risk of file corruption
if the author begins working with this .dot file in their working
folder).

So what we would like to do is the following (see below).

When posting submission ready templates to R+I, they will be posted
as read only .doc files - such that when an author opens the file, it
will open as a .doc file. In order for the author to save this file
they must perform a 'save as' and save the file to their own network
folder.
This will simulate the action of .dot template files on a fileshare
(in a network folder) in that the original content of the document is
preserved. This will eliminate any possibility of an author
accidentally saving a file as a .dot file within their own network
folder, which can lead to corrupted documents."
--------------------------------

I found some instructions on Microsoft's site about this, I think:

1. Open the Microsoft Office program you want to use to create the
file.
2. From the New File task pane in any Office 2003 program, in the
Templatessection, click On my Web sites.
3. If the New File task pane is closed, click File, and then click
New.
4. In the Filename field, type in the URL of the server and the path
to the template that you would like to open, and then click Open. You
can enter an Internet address (such as www.example.com) or an
intranet address (such as http://example).

I just sent her this email so I'm not sure if that will work or not...

Does anyone have any experience with Sharepoint and templates? I sure
could use some guidance!!!

Thank you!