[johnpinter]

Our company has many templates that have been created over time.

I have "some" templates that behave as follows:
1. Opened through Word using File-Open, or through a link in a menu item
2. Fields filled in as per normal
3. Selecting File-Save As... brings up the dialog box with the "Save as
Type" filled in with "Word Document (*.doc)"

I have "other" templates that behave as follows:
1. Opened through Word using File-Open, or through a link in a menu item
2. Fields filled in as per normal
3. Selecting File-Save As... brings up the dialog box with the "Save as
Type" filled in with "the "Save as Type" filled in with "Document Template
(*.dot)"

An interesting point is that when you open these "other" templates from
Windows Explorer they seem to behave like the "some" templates ie. the "Save
as Type" filled in with "Word Document (*.doc)"

What I would like to do is change the options of these "other" templates so
that when you select File-Save As... the "Save as Type" will be filled in
with "Document Document (*.doc)" instead of "Document Template (*.dot)" for
all users that use these templates.

I have these templates stored on a Network share with all machines having
the Workgroup Template location pointing to that template directory.

I have also checked the Tools-Options-Save tab to make sure of the Default
Save format and it is set to "Word Document (*.doc)"

I know that you can open the file as a document through the
File-New..-Templates-On my Computer dialog box by checking the "Create
New-Document" button but this is still, somewhat, long winded for our users.
I would like them to use the web menu I have created for them to launch
these templates as I am using Group Policy to push this menu out - along with
updates to the menu.

Can anybody out there help out? I have been searching the web for 3 days
straight with no luck.

Any help much appreciated and thank you in advance