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Using Word 2000 and Office XP
I have a user who has created and saved his own memo template. Is there a way to make that memo template be the default "new blank document"? Most of the Word work he does is in that memo template. Should I name the memo template normal.dot so that it opens when Word opens? But then what would he do if he needs a different layout sometime that is not his template? |
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You can create a shortcut that opens Word with a blank document based on a
specific template (using the /t switch), but this would not affect the function of the New button once Word was open. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "BK" wrote in message ... Using Word 2000 and Office XP I have a user who has created and saved his own memo template. Is there a way to make that memo template be the default "new blank document"? Most of the Word work he does is in that memo template. Should I name the memo template normal.dot so that it opens when Word opens? But then what would he do if he needs a different layout sometime that is not his template? |
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Hi BK
Your last question points to why you shouldn't change normal.dot (and even if you wanted to do that, you shouldn't do it by renaming a different template). Instead, keep the separate memo template. Then make a new desktop shortcut icon that will open Word with a new document based on the memo template, as follows. Right-click a blank piece of desktop, select New, and click Shortcut. The Create Shortcut wizard wants you to browse for the location of the item, so go to "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE" or wherever Word is installed. Name the shortcut. Finish the wizard. Right-click the shortcut and select Properties. In the Target box, after the closing quote that follows EXE, type a space and add the /t switch and the full path of the template, like this (note, no space after the /t; replace "YourUserName" with the correct name; and all of this should be on one line): "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\WINWORD.EXE" /t"C:\Documents and Settings\YourUserName\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates\Memo.dot" You should also change the Start In box to point to your My Documents folder. "BK" wrote: Using Word 2000 and Office XP I have a user who has created and saved his own memo template. Is there a way to make that memo template be the default "new blank document"? Most of the Word work he does is in that memo template. Should I name the memo template normal.dot so that it opens when Word opens? But then what would he do if he needs a different layout sometime that is not his template? -- Regards, Jay Freedman Microsoft Word MVP FAQ: http://www.mvps.org/word |
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