Adding Templates to a Toolbar

Adding Templates to a Toolbar

Is it possible to add a template file to a toolbar?

I want to put our main company templates as "speed buttons" on a
toolbar. Is there a way to do this easily or do I have to create a
macro to open each one?

Part Two: What is the best method of getting this to the users and be
able to update if needed?

Marten

date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 16:03:20 -0500 author: Marten

Re: Adding Templates to a Toolbar

This has all the hallmarks of wheel re-invention ;)

Why not simply add the FileNewDialog to the toolbar in place of the New 
command? This will give you a dialog box to access all the templates in the 
User Templates folder, and on tabs that correspond to sub folder names of 
the User Templates folder, which would be much the simplest way to arrange 
your templates - http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm

However to do it as you want, create a toolbar in a global template with 
buttons to access a series of macros, one for each template each containing 
a line similar to

Documents.Add Template:="D:\Word Templates\Template.dot"

(Change the path and filename to match the template)

then supply the global template as an add-in for your users.

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Marten wrote:
> Is it possible to add a template file to a toolbar?
>
> I want to put our main company templates as "speed buttons" on a
> toolbar. Is there a way to do this easily or do I have to create a
> macro to open each one?
>
> Part Two: What is the best method of getting this to the users and be
> able to update if needed?
>
> Marten

date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:25:17 +0300 author: Graham Mayor

Re: Adding Templates to a Toolbar

I'm looking into your suggestion. Is there a way to have FileNewDialog
to automatically select "On my computer..." as well so that the
Templates dialog is presented?

I am using Workgroup templates. They are currently stored on the
server but I am preparing a process to use Robocopy and sync the files
locally on each PC. This is so laptop users will have them available
when travelling.

On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:25:17 +0300, "Graham Mayor"
 wrote:

>This has all the hallmarks of wheel re-invention ;)
>
>Why not simply add the FileNewDialog to the toolbar in place of the New 
>command? This will give you a dialog box to access all the templates in the 
>User Templates folder, and on tabs that correspond to sub folder names of 
>the User Templates folder, which would be much the simplest way to arrange 
>your templates - http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm
>
>However to do it as you want, create a toolbar in a global template with 
>buttons to access a series of macros, one for each template each containing 
>a line similar to
>
>Documents.Add Template:="D:\Word Templates\Template.dot"
>
>(Change the path and filename to match the template)
>
>then supply the global template as an add-in for your users.

date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:24:46 -0500 author: Marten

Re: Adding Templates to a Toolbar

The New dialog, which is what the FileNewDialog command summons, is the same
as the Templates dialog summoned by the "On my computer..." link in the New
Document task pane.

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"Marten"  wrote in message
news:asteh3tdin50ur54kvdpf1vmb7vnfqb8o1@4ax.com...
> I'm looking into your suggestion. Is there a way to have FileNewDialog
> to automatically select "On my computer..." as well so that the
> Templates dialog is presented?
>
> I am using Workgroup templates. They are currently stored on the
> server but I am preparing a process to use Robocopy and sync the files
> locally on each PC. This is so laptop users will have them available
> when travelling.
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:25:17 +0300, "Graham Mayor"
>  wrote:
>
> >This has all the hallmarks of wheel re-invention ;)
> >
> >Why not simply add the FileNewDialog to the toolbar in place of the New
> >command? This will give you a dialog box to access all the templates in
the
> >User Templates folder, and on tabs that correspond to sub folder names of
> >the User Templates folder, which would be much the simplest way to
arrange
> >your templates - http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm
> >
> >However to do it as you want, create a toolbar in a global template with
> >buttons to access a series of macros, one for each template each
containing
> >a line similar to
> >
> >Documents.Add Template:="D:\Word Templates\Template.dot"
> >
> >(Change the path and filename to match the template)
> >
> >then supply the global template as an add-in for your users.
>

date: Thu, 18 Oct 2007 10:58:33 -0500 author: Suzanne S. Barnhill