Create New Document from Template

In Word 2003, I want to add a button to the toolbar to create a new document
based on a custom template, and I understand I'll need a macro first to
assign to the button. So I tried to use the macro recorder for this simple
task, but when I run the macro, it just opens the "File, New" dialog box.
Any ideas on what I am missing here? Thanks,


Ross Payne

When you recorded the macro, did you actually create the new document?

There are a number of ways to get new documents from templates. Most require
vba but not all. You may want to take a look at
http://www.addbalance.com/word/templatesmenu.htm.

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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Ross Payne" wrote in message
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In Word 2003, I want to add a button to the toolbar to create a new
document
based on a custom template, and I understand I'll need a macro first to
assign to the button. So I tried to use the macro recorder for this simple
task, but when I run the macro, it just opens the "File, New" dialog box.
Any ideas on what I am missing here? Thanks,


Ross Payne

Thanks much. It had what I needed and more!

JohnP

"Charles Kenyon" wrote in
message ...
When you recorded the macro, did you actually create the new document?

There are a number of ways to get new documents from templates. Most
require
vba but not all. You may want to take a look at
http://www.addbalance.com/word/templatesmenu.htm.

--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide

See also the MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word which is awesome!
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"Ross Payne" wrote in message
...
In Word 2003, I want to add a button to the toolbar to create a new
document
based on a custom template, and I understand I'll need a macro first to
assign to the button. So I tried to use the macro recorder for this
simple
task, but when I run the macro, it just opens the "File, New" dialog
box.
Any ideas on what I am missing here? Thanks,


Ross Payne