[Mitchell]

Hi,

Is it possible to include a link to a folder as a toolbar item (Word XP)?
I'm trying to streamline the General Templates selection process. Ideally I
want to include a toolbar item called "Templates ", and when the user hovers
over it, it will display a secondary list showing the contents of a
particular folder on the server (similar to the way that "File" - "New "
opens a secondary list of choices.)

If a solution is found, can this toolbar item be centrally installed on all
PC's on a network?

Thanks in advance,
Mitchell

[Graham Mayor]

This smacks of wheel reinvention. Why not simply use the workgroup template
facilities provided by Word to display your templates under their own tabbed
headings in the File New dialog?
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Mitchell wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to include a link to a folder as a toolbar item (Word
XP)? I'm trying to streamline the General Templates selection
process. Ideally I want to include a toolbar item called "Templates
", and when the user hovers over it, it will display a secondary
list showing the contents of a particular folder on the server
(similar to the way that "File" - "New " opens a secondary list of
choices.)

If a solution is found, can this toolbar item be centrally installed
on all PC's on a network?

Thanks in advance,
Mitchell

[Mitchell]

We're just looking to simplify the process. We already use the Workgroup
Templates feature (it's the templates folder I want to link to in the
toolbar), but I just figured this would simplify things further.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This smacks of wheel reinvention. Why not simply use the workgroup template
facilities provided by Word to display your templates under their own tabbed
headings in the File New dialog?
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Mitchell wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to include a link to a folder as a toolbar item (Word
XP)? I'm trying to streamline the General Templates selection
process. Ideally I want to include a toolbar item called "Templates
", and when the user hovers over it, it will display a secondary
list showing the contents of a particular folder on the server
(similar to the way that "File" - "New " opens a secondary list of
choices.)

If a solution is found, can this toolbar item be centrally installed
on all PC's on a network?

Thanks in advance,
Mitchell

[Graham Mayor]

Create a series of macros to create a document based on a template eg

Sub Letter()
Documents.Add ("D:\Word Templates\Letter Heads\Letter.Dot")
End Sub

and add the macros to a toolbar. 'Hovering' is not an option and anything
different is not going to be bettervthan what Word already provides from the
file. new dialog.

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



Mitchell wrote:
We're just looking to simplify the process. We already use the
Workgroup Templates feature (it's the templates folder I want to link
to in the toolbar), but I just figured this would simplify things
further.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

This smacks of wheel reinvention. Why not simply use the workgroup
template facilities provided by Word to display your templates under
their own tabbed headings in the File New dialog?
http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

--

Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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


Mitchell wrote:
Hi,

Is it possible to include a link to a folder as a toolbar item (Word
XP)? I'm trying to streamline the General Templates selection
process. Ideally I want to include a toolbar item called "Templates
", and when the user hovers over it, it will display a secondary
list showing the contents of a particular folder on the server
(similar to the way that "File" - "New " opens a secondary list of
choices.)

If a solution is found, can this toolbar item be centrally installed
on all PC's on a network?

Thanks in advance,
Mitchell