Change Word's Opening Default?

When Word 2000 is opened a document based on the normal.dot
template is there. It can then be closed, leaving the Word
toolbars at the top. Is it possible to change the default,
so that word either opens with a different template, or with
nothing at all?

Thanks.

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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

A simple approach is to drop a link to the document template on to the
desktop and click that.
Also check Word Help for 'starting Word' which will give you a list of
startup switches to the Word command line e.g. /n will start the application
with no document open and /ttemplatename will open word with a new document
based on the template called 'templatename'
I think both of these were available in Word 2000.
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Graham Mayor - Word MVP

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



CWLee wrote:
When Word 2000 is opened a document based on the normal.dot
template is there. It can then be closed, leaving the Word
toolbars at the top. Is it possible to change the default,
so that word either opens with a different template, or with
nothing at all?

Thanks.

As per Graham's answer. But I believe the easiest way is to simply open
Windows Explorer so that you can still see the desktop. Then find the
template and drag a copy and drop it on the desktop. The default action of
double-clicking a template on the desktop is to open a new document based on
the template. You can, of course, drag it onto the Taskbar too.

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Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"CWLee" wrote in message
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When Word 2000 is opened a document based on the normal.dot template is
there. It can then be closed, leaving the Word toolbars at the top. Is
it possible to change the default, so that word either opens with a
different template, or with nothing at all?

Thanks.

--
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CWLee
Former slayer of dragons; practice now limited to sacred
cows. Believing we should hire for quality, not quotas, and
promote for performance, not preferences.

"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Also check Word Help for 'starting Word' which will give
you a list of startup switches to the Word command line
e.g. /n will start the application with no document open
and /ttemplatename will open word with a new document
based on the template called 'templatename'

Following the suggestion above, I went to Word help under
"staring word" and found instructions to do what I want to
do, but one of the steps indicates that after opening
"properties" I should see either a "TARGET box" or a
"COMMAND LINE box" and I see neither. Under properties
there are 5 tabs: Genera, Summary, Statistics, Contents,
and Custom. Where might I find either the Target Box or the
Command Line box?

Thanks.

Graham was referring to the properties of the desktop shortcut, not the
template.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
http://word.mvps.org

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"Graham Mayor" wrote:

Also check Word Help for 'starting Word' which will give you a list of
startup switches to the Word command line e.g. /n will start the
application with no document open and /ttemplatename will open word with
a new document based on the template called 'templatename'

Following the suggestion above, I went to Word help under "staring word"
and found instructions to do what I want to do, but one of the steps
indicates that after opening "properties" I should see either a "TARGET
box" or a "COMMAND LINE box" and I see neither. Under properties there
are 5 tabs: Genera, Summary, Statistics, Contents, and Custom. Where
might I find either the Target Box or the Command Line box?

Thanks.