Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
#1
|
|||
|
|||
OPENING Template doesn't work like FILE | NEW does?
I click on FILE | OPEN, and browse to Templates folder. Then double-click on
*.dot file. It opens the Word document WITHOUT activating the "Form Entry" screen. I click on FILE | NEW and choose the same *.dot file from the link on the right and it opens the "Form Entry" screen without a problem. What's the difference? Can I do something to enable it with FILE | OPEN? |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
You can, but you shouldn't. If you use File-Open, you'll have to save the
template to a new name. Generally, you don't WANT the form to appear on File--Open. However, if you're absolutely sure you do, then: 1. Hit Alt+F11 to open the visual basic editor. 2. On the left, below Project (Your template's name), you need to open ThisDocument. In it, you'll likely see code called "Private Sub Document_New ()". Copy it. 3. Paste it below itself. Change the name to the second one to be "Private Sub Document_Open()" 4. Hit the SAVE diskette. Close the doc. 5. Reopen to test. ******************* ~Anne Troy www.OfficeArticles.com www.MyExpertsOnline.com "Charles Rodriguez" Charles wrote in message ... I click on FILE | OPEN, and browse to Templates folder. Then double-click on *.dot file. It opens the Word document WITHOUT activating the "Form Entry" screen. I click on FILE | NEW and choose the same *.dot file from the link on the right and it opens the "Form Entry" screen without a problem. What's the difference? Can I do something to enable it with FILE | OPEN? |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
Charles Rodriguez wrote:
I click on FILE | OPEN, and browse to Templates folder. Then double-click on *.dot file. It opens the Word document WITHOUT activating the "Form Entry" screen. I click on FILE | NEW and choose the same *.dot file from the link on the right and it opens the "Form Entry" screen without a problem. What's the difference? Can I do something to enable it with FILE | OPEN? You don't say (and you may not know), but I suspect that what you're calling the "Form Entry" screen is actually a userform -- a custom dialog box that was built in the macro editor. To get a userform to appear, another macro is required. If that macro was named AutoNew, then it will run only when you use File New. To get it to appear when you open a document based on the template, you'd need another macro named AutoOpen. BUT... You should *not* be using File Open to open a template unless you intend to edit the template itself -- that is, if you are the author of the template and you intend to change the way it creates new documents. When templates are in use, as opposed to when they're being designed or modified, they should be used *only* with File New. Generally, when you're designing or modifying a template, you don't want the userform popping up in your face except when you're testing the userform itself. Then it's easier to display it by manually running the Auto macro than to close and reopen the template. -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://word.mvps.org |
Reply |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
How to creat relative and shorthand file path names? | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Opening a word 9 file with Word 2003 | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Moving templates to other computer | Microsoft Word Help | |||
File created from template blown in size | Microsoft Word Help | |||
Template link prevents word doc from opening | Microsoft Word Help |