Locating Templates in Word 2003   

Hello,
     I appreciate your time and help with this. I have created a couple 
templates for work, and saved them as templates. Now the stupid question... 
How can I easily access them from Word? I have been using the "help 
assistant" and reading in here, but am getting no where. I have gone to 
"Tools" and clicked on "Templates and add ons" and made sure that both of my 
templates were added there. They contain no macros. My macro settings are set 
to high. Is there a simple way I can click in a drop down pane or button, and 
go directly to my templates? Thanks in advance for your help
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Have a wonderful day.

date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 18:11:13 -0700   author:   George B

Re: Locating Templates in Word 2003   

Assuming you have saved the templates in the default Templates folder, you 
can create a new document based on a given template using the New (or 
Templates) dialog. If you want to edit the template itself, you'll need to 
navigate to the Templates folder to open it. I find it convenient to add the 
Templates folder to the Places Bar.

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

"George B"  wrote in message 
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> Hello,
>     I appreciate your time and help with this. I have created a couple
> templates for work, and saved them as templates. Now the stupid 
> question...
> How can I easily access them from Word? I have been using the "help
> assistant" and reading in here, but am getting no where. I have gone to
> "Tools" and clicked on "Templates and add ons" and made sure that both of 
> my
> templates were added there. They contain no macros. My macro settings are 
> set
> to high. Is there a simple way I can click in a drop down pane or button, 
> and
> go directly to my templates? Thanks in advance for your help
> -- 
> Have a wonderful day.
>

date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:27:58 -0500   author:   Suzanne S. Barnhill

Re: Locating Templates in Word 2003   

In addition to what Suzanne has said, Word 2003, by default, saves documents 
saved as templates in the User Template folder (which is defined at Tools > 
Options > File Locations > User Templates.) Any template in that folder or a 
sub-folder of that folder will appear in the File > New dialog either 
directly or under a tab of the same name as the sub-folder. It is not 
necessary nor desirable to add document templates to Tools > Templates and 
Add-ons.

For faster access to your document templates, add the FileNewDialog command 
to your standard toolbar in addition to, or in place of, the New command.

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Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org
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George B wrote:
> Hello,
>     I appreciate your time and help with this. I have created a couple
> templates for work, and saved them as templates. Now the stupid
> question... How can I easily access them from Word? I have been using
> the "help assistant" and reading in here, but am getting no where. I
> have gone to "Tools" and clicked on "Templates and add ons" and made
> sure that both of my templates were added there. They contain no
> macros. My macro settings are set to high. Is there a simple way I
> can click in a drop down pane or button, and go directly to my
> templates? Thanks in advance for your help

date: Tue, 22 Apr 2008 08:28:00 +0300   author:   Graham Mayor