Word 2007 Getting rid of standard templates

I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At least
you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions and
reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops to
open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not that
convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands and add
them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of custom
templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in the
General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You can order
them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in the
File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as to why
mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes, Jack,
Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft Wizards,
Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications" being
oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps that that is
the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft" tabs
is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I have them
available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was created because Word
seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading template there. Since I have
few enough tabs and not much trouble finding them, I haven't bothered to try
to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At least
you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions and
reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops to
open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not that
convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands and add
them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of custom
templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in the
General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You can
order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far
the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

Suzanne

I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order
either, but they were removable.

But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word 2007? If
so, how did you get rid of

Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes

....because those are what we would like to get rid of?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in the
File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as to why
mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes,
Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft
Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications"
being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps that
that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft" tabs
is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I have them
available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was created because
Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading template there. Since I
have few enough tabs and not much trouble finding them, I haven't bothered
to try to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At
least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions and
reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops
to open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not that
convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands and add
them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of custom
templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in the
General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You can
order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far
the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office Button
| New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007. If is use
the New Document or Template QAT button, I get them all.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne

I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order
either, but they were removable.

But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word 2007?
If so, how did you get rid of

Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes

...because those are what we would like to get rid of?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in
the File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as
to why mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes,
Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft
Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications"
being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps that
that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft"
tabs is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I have
them available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was created
because Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading template
there. Since I have few enough tabs and not much trouble finding them, I
haven't bothered to try to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At
least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions
and reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no
control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops
to open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not that
convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands and
add them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of
custom templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in
the General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You
can order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far
the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template
tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

Yes. I see what you are doing. Unfortunately, I cannot find a way of getting
directly to that dialog without going through the menus. I'm going to ask
the VBA experts...

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office
Button | New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007. If
is use the New Document or Template QAT button, I get them all.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne

I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order
either, but they were removable.

But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word 2007?
If so, how did you get rid of

Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes

...because those are what we would like to get rid of?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in
the File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as
to why mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes,
Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft
Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications"
being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps that
that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft"
tabs is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I have
them available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was created
because Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading template
there. Since I have few enough tabs and not much trouble finding them, I
haven't bothered to try to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At
least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions
and reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no
control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops
to open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not
that convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands
and add them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of
custom templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in
the General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You
can order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far
the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template
tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

Yes, unfortunately there's no specific command for it that can be added to
the QAT, but at least adding the New... (or whatever it's now called)
command to the QAT reduces it to two clicks.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Yes. I see what you are doing. Unfortunately, I cannot find a way of
getting directly to that dialog without going through the menus. I'm going
to ask the VBA experts...

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office
Button | New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007.
If is use the New Document or Template QAT button, I get them all.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne

I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order
either, but they were removable.

But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word 2007?
If so, how did you get rid of

Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes

...because those are what we would like to get rid of?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in
the File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as
to why mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes,
Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft
Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications"
being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps
that that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft"
tabs is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I
have them available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was
created because Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading
template there. Since I have few enough tabs and not much trouble
finding them, I haven't bothered to try to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At
least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions
and reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no
control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your
desktops to open up directly to a document created fro the template
(but not that convenient if Word is already open). You could also make
commands and add them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you
have loads of custom templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in
the General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You
can order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the
the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So
far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template
tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

That's true but brings us back in a full circle as to how to remove all the
Microsoft installed templates (and unwanted tabs). g

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Yes, unfortunately there's no specific command for it that can be added to
the QAT, but at least adding the New... (or whatever it's now called)
command to the QAT reduces it to two clicks.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Yes. I see what you are doing. Unfortunately, I cannot find a way of
getting directly to that dialog without going through the menus. I'm
going to ask the VBA experts...

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office
Button | New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007.
If is use the New Document or Template QAT button, I get them all.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
Suzanne

I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order
either, but they were removable.

But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word
2007? If so, how did you get rid of

Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes

...because those are what we would like to get rid of?

Terry

"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote in message
...
I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in
the File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious
as to why mine run in this order:

Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes,
Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings
Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft
Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary

Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications"
being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps
that that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs.

Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft"
tabs is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I
have them available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was
created because Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading
template there. Since I have few enough tabs and not much trouble
finding them, I haven't bothered to try to combine or eliminate.

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"Terry Farrell" wrote in message
...
No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At
least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions
and reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no
control.

Another example of the Word Gestapo at work.

If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your
desktops to open up directly to a document created fro the template
(but not that convenient if Word is already open). You could also
make commands and add them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if
you have loads of custom templates.

Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in
the General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You
can order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"martinson" wrote in message
...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the
the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So
far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does
anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template
tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland

Hi Martinson,

Which template dialog are you using in Word 2007 (there is more than one that can be installed g) and what are the steps you're
using to access it.

Was Office 2007 installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier version?

What edition of Office 2007 are you using.

===============
"martinson" wrote in message ...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs
appear first?? This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland
--

Bob Buckland ?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

*Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*

Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample
templates from Setup. What's the deal?

On Aug 22, 10:18*am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" 75214.226(At Beautiful
Downtown)compuserve.com wrote:
Hi Martinson,

Which template dialog are you using inWord2007(there is more than one that can be installed g) and what are the steps you're
using to access it.

Was Office2007installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier version?

What edition of Office2007are you using.

===============
* "martinson" wrote in ...
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the
standard templates that are automatically installed withWord. *So far the
responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone
know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my templatetabs
appear first?? *This is so annoying!!
--
martinson portland
--

Bob *Buckland *?:-)
MS Office System Products MVP

* *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends*