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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. |
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Gordon wrote:
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. If you think that then you haven't the first clue about the way Word actually works. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Graham,
Sometimes you have to give it up. It's a waste of your time. ;-) -- JoAnn Paules MVP Microsoft [Publisher] ~~~~~ How to ask a question http://support.microsoft.com/KB/555375 "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... Gordon wrote: "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. If you think that then you haven't the first clue about the way Word actually works. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org |
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Gordon
There is nothing pedantic in this distinction. A template is a template and is NEVER a document. You can change the extention but you won't fool Word into thinking it is anything other than a template. In this case question, the distinction is huge because you can apply a blank template to an existing document to force the new templates styles into the existing document. So if you have a document created from and thus attached to normal.dot, then apply MyStyles.dot to the document, it is now attached to MyStyles.dot and will take on all the new formatting. -- Terry Farrell - MS Word MVP "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. |
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See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm for more
information. Note, too, that if you change the extension from .dot to .doc, you have not produced a document: Word still knows it's a template (and vice versa). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. |
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In Word 2007, if you change a .docx file's extension to .dotx or .dotm, Word
2007 won't even open it. Further, to demonstrate the difference, choose Tools - Templates and Add-ins (in Word 2007, Developer ribbon tab, click Document Template). Click Attach and try to attach a .doc file to an existing .doc file. It cannot be done. Word responds "The document template is not valid". Gordon might think the difference is pedantic. Word disagrees. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm for more information. Note, too, that if you change the extension from .dot to .doc, you have not produced a document: Word still knows it's a template (and vice versa). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. |
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Hey ya'll how about explaining the document side now? You explained the
template side now the document side deserves equal time... Just kidding -- Paul Ballou MVP Office http://office.microsoft.com/home http://homepage.mac.com/paulballou/ http://www.ballousgiftshop.com "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote in message ... In Word 2007, if you change a .docx file's extension to .dotx or .dotm, Word 2007 won't even open it. Further, to demonstrate the difference, choose Tools - Templates and Add-ins (in Word 2007, Developer ribbon tab, click Document Template). Click Attach and try to attach a .doc file to an existing .doc file. It cannot be done. Word responds "The document template is not valid". Gordon might think the difference is pedantic. Word disagrees. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... See http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customizat...latesStore.htm for more information. Note, too, that if you change the extension from .dot to .doc, you have not produced a document: Word still knows it's a template (and vice versa). -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Gordon" wrote in message ... "Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message ... No, it isn't. A template is a .dot file; a document is a .doc file. And all the other stuff Graham said. Yes I realise the EXTENSION is different - you are just making a pedantic distinction. |
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