Daniel
Sun Dec 02 15:16:22 PST 2007
Many thanks, Jay and Terry. I'm beginning to catch on.
"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
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> Word doesn't pay any attention to the folder under Program Files for
> templates other than the "built-in" ones. It looks only in whatever
> folders are listed as the "User templates" and "Workgroup templates"
> locations in Tools > Options > File Locations (or, in Word 2007, in
> Office button > Word Options > Advanced > File Locations).
>
> By default in Windows XP, the "User templates" location is
> C:\Documents and Settings\<your name>\Application
> Data\Microsoft\Templates.[1] If you want your template to appear on
> the same tab of the dialog with Word's built-ins, then make a
> subfolder in the Templates folder and name it "Letters & Faxes", and
> put your template in there. If you make a folder whose name isn't one
> of the existing tabs, then the folder name will appear as a new tab
> (provided there's at least one template in the folder).
>
> [1] A sometimes troublesome default is that the Application Data
> folder is hidden, and My Computer won't show hidden folders. To be
> able to see the folder and its subfolders, either enter the location
> in the address bar as %appdata%\Microsoft\Templates, or open the My
> Computer dialog Tools > Folder Options and change the option to show
> hidden folders.
>
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:44:00 -0500, "Daniel Schaffer"
> <somerset27@aol.com> wrote:
>
>>I had the same problem in Word 2003, so many thanks for the answer.
>>
>>Here is a related problem. When I click on file>new document and then in
>>the
>>task pane click on "On my computer" under the Templates heading, the
>>dialog
>>that opens shows me all the templates except one I created myself. It's
>>present in Windows explorer if I go to Program
>>Files>MSOffice>Templates>1033, and I can open it from there. How do I tell
>>Word to include it my "letter" templates in the dialog?
>>
>>Thanks in advance.
>>
>>Dan S
>>
>>"Jay Freedman" <jay.freedman@verizon.net> wrote in message
>>news:l4t5l3dbq2mu762k6outnvob075jg79qkl@4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 04:11:00 -0800, Roybowls
>>> <Roybowls@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>I have formatted a number of address templates in my new Word 2003 but
>>>>when I
>>>>open Word I can't find my templates. Previously, in my Word '97, I was
>>>>presented with my temples as soon I opened with the New button.
>>>>
>>>>How do I find them in Word 2007?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Please decide whether you have Word 2003 or Word 2007. The answer is
>>> quite different for these two versions.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> In Word 2003 (and 2002, which you skipped over), the File > New
>>> command opens a task pane on the right side of the window. To see your
>>> templates, click the "On my computer" link under the Templates heading
>>> in the pane. The dialog that opens is nearly the same as the one in
>>> Word 97.
>>>
>>> If you want one-click access to the dialog, you can add a button to
>>> the toolbar. Open the Tools > Customize dialog; on the Commands tab,
>>> select "All Commands" in the Categories list; then scroll down the
>>> Commands list to FileNewDialog and drag that item from the list onto a
>>> toolbar. See
>>>
http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/AsgnCmdOrMacroToToolbar.htm
>>> for illustrated instructions.
>>>
>>> ~~~~~~~
>>>
>>> In Word 2007, click the Office button (the round object in the upper
>>> left corner) and click New in the menu. In the dialog that appears,
>>> click "My templates" in the list of links on the left. Again, the
>>> dialog that opens is similar to the one in Word 97.
>>>
>>> To get one-click access to this dialog, click the Office button and
>>> click "Word Options" in the bottom of the menu. In the Options dialog,
>>> click Customize on the left. Set the "Choose commands from" dropdown
>>> to "Commands Not in the Ribbon". In the list below it, choose "New
>>> Document or Template..." and click the Add button in the center of the
>>> dialog, which adds the item to the list on the right. You can
>>> optionally click the upward button to the right of the list to change
>>> the item's position. When you click OK, the button will be added to
>>> the Quick Access Toolbar.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Regards,
>>> Jay Freedman
>>> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
http://word.mvps.org
>>> Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the
>>> newsgroup
>>> so all may benefit.
>>
>
> --
> Regards,
> Jay Freedman
> Microsoft Word MVP FAQ:
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> so all may benefit.