When opening Word, how can template also opens the Apply Styles

This is for Word 2007.
I have a custom template and want the Apply Styles window to open when
launching Word - can this be done through any settings in Word or is this
something that can be done progmatically?
Noted that if I attempt to record a macro where I click on Apply Styles (I
have it in my Quick Access toolbar), the action is not recorded.

reneemi
Tue Feb 13 18:16:05 CST 2007

Create a macro stored in your template and name it "AutoNew". Inside, put
the code to open the Apply Styles pane. e.g.

Sub AutoNew()
Application.TaskPanes(wdTaskPaneApplyStyles).Visible = True
End Sub

Save your template. Now if this is not your Normal template, but you want
to be able to double-click your Word icon and have it create the doc based on
your template and not Normal, create a new shortcut and use the /z switch to
specify your template name.
e.g. your Target would look something like
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE"
/zC:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\mypersonaltemplate.dotm

Make sure to use the actual path to your template after /z -- my path is on
Vista and the default template path is different on WinXP.
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Tranquilo
Wed Feb 14 15:37:10 CST 2007

Have to admit that I am having some fun with this, perhaps too much.
I changed the Macro so that was only:

Sub AutoNew()
Application.TaskPanes(wdTaskPaneApplyStyles).Visible = True
End Sub

The Macro runs in the template I have (my normal for Office 2007 in Vista)
but only if I open the Dev Tab then select the macro and run it - I was not
able to get the Apply Style window to open when opening Word

Looked around and found the following in another thread: "Can't Get Macro
That Works in Document To Work in Template in Word Programming " from
5/13/2005, the author of the post -Jezebel - which is not Office 2007, but
following the code, I was able to get the Document Map to open on opening
Word my template. Did not want the Doc Map, so I changed it to the Apply
Styles - still not working on opening Word.

The code I found was:

Sub Document_Open()
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = True
ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMapPercentWidth = 20
With ActiveWindow
.View.ShowHeading 2
.DocumentMap = True
End With
End Sub


What makes it worse - my normal.dotx and normal.dotm both have the Doc Map
come up on this Vista machine, even through I have deleted both and copied
clean copies to this machine - also have cleared all macros on the template
by going into Developer (tab), opened Macros and deleted everythign under All
Active templates and Macros in the Macros in: drop down.

So..

How do I really clear the Document Map from Document_Open() and how do I get
the Apply Styles in my normal template? ANd should I be dinking that much
with the Normal?

Thanks



"Renee [MSFT]" wrote:

> Create a macro stored in your template and name it "AutoNew". Inside, put
> the code to open the Apply Styles pane. e.g.
>
> Sub AutoNew()
> Application.TaskPanes(wdTaskPaneApplyStyles).Visible = True
> End Sub
>
> Save your template. Now if this is not your Normal template, but you want
> to be able to double-click your Word icon and have it create the doc based on
> your template and not Normal, create a new shortcut and use the /z switch to
> specify your template name.
> e.g. your Target would look something like
> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE"
> /zC:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\mypersonaltemplate.dotm
>
> Make sure to use the actual path to your template after /z -- my path is on
> Vista and the default template path is different on WinXP.
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> This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights.
>

Jonathan
Sun Feb 18 05:37:10 CST 2007

Change the macro name from AutoNew to AutoExec

AutoNew runs whenever you create a new document. AutoExec runs whenever you
first load the template containing the macro (in the case of normal.dot,
this means when Word starts)

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"Tranquilo" <Tranquilo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DCF4E9D4-84CB-4F85-8469-85D50340BE12@microsoft.com...
> Have to admit that I am having some fun with this, perhaps too much.
> I changed the Macro so that was only:
>
> Sub AutoNew()
> Application.TaskPanes(wdTaskPaneApplyStyles).Visible = True
> End Sub
>
> The Macro runs in the template I have (my normal for Office 2007 in Vista)
> but only if I open the Dev Tab then select the macro and run it - I was
> not
> able to get the Apply Style window to open when opening Word
>
> Looked around and found the following in another thread: "Can't Get Macro
> That Works in Document To Work in Template in Word Programming " from
> 5/13/2005, the author of the post -Jezebel - which is not Office 2007,
> but
> following the code, I was able to get the Document Map to open on opening
> Word my template. Did not want the Doc Map, so I changed it to the Apply
> Styles - still not working on opening Word.
>
> The code I found was:
>
> Sub Document_Open()
> ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMap = True
> ActiveDocument.ActiveWindow.DocumentMapPercentWidth = 20
> With ActiveWindow
> .View.ShowHeading 2
> .DocumentMap = True
> End With
> End Sub
>
>
> What makes it worse - my normal.dotx and normal.dotm both have the Doc Map
> come up on this Vista machine, even through I have deleted both and copied
> clean copies to this machine - also have cleared all macros on the
> template
> by going into Developer (tab), opened Macros and deleted everythign under
> All
> Active templates and Macros in the Macros in: drop down.
>
> So..
>
> How do I really clear the Document Map from Document_Open() and how do I
> get
> the Apply Styles in my normal template? ANd should I be dinking that much
> with the Normal?
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> "Renee [MSFT]" wrote:
>
>> Create a macro stored in your template and name it "AutoNew". Inside,
>> put
>> the code to open the Apply Styles pane. e.g.
>>
>> Sub AutoNew()
>> Application.TaskPanes(wdTaskPaneApplyStyles).Visible = True
>> End Sub
>>
>> Save your template. Now if this is not your Normal template, but you
>> want
>> to be able to double-click your Word icon and have it create the doc
>> based on
>> your template and not Normal, create a new shortcut and use the /z switch
>> to
>> specify your template name.
>> e.g. your Target would look something like
>> "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\WINWORD.EXE"
>> /zC:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft\Templates\mypersonaltemplate.dotm
>>
>> Make sure to use the actual path to your template after /z -- my path is
>> on
>> Vista and the default template path is different on WinXP.
>> --
>> -----------------------------------------
>> This posting is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>