DEFAULT OPENING DOCUMENT/Template

hi,

i am really not a new user, but i have a simple enough question.

i have created for myself a document that i want it to be the default
document to open when i open a new document and not the standard
"normal.dot" that usually opens.

so how do i get the document that i created to become the default document
to open when i click on the new documant icon or file -- new....... i use
Word 2003.

thanks,
bob

Add a /t switch to the Word shortcut on your Windows desktop or
whatever you click on to start Word. See
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=210565 "How to use startup
command line switches to start Word 2007, Word 2003, Word 2002,
and Word 2000" for more information.

BOB H. wrote:
hi,

i am really not a new user, but i have a simple enough question.

i have created for myself a document that i want it to be the default
document to open when i open a new document and not the standard
"normal.dot" that usually opens.

so how do i get the document that i created to become the default
document to open when i click on the new documant icon or file --
new....... i use Word 2003.

thanks,
bob

It really is only necessary to copy the template to your desktop. The
default result of double-clicking a template shortcut is to open a new
document based on the template. This will leave you with the choice of your
new template or the standard blank template.

--
Terry Farrell - MSWord MVP

"BOB H." BOB@HOME wrote in message
...
hi,

i am really not a new user, but i have a simple enough question.

i have created for myself a document that i want it to be the default
document to open when i open a new document and not the standard
"normal.dot" that usually opens.

so how do i get the document that i created to become the default document
to open when i click on the new documant icon or file -- new....... i use
Word 2003.

thanks,
bob