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MS Office Forum / Word / General MS Word Questions / August 2008Word 2007 Getting rid of standard templates
I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs appear first?? This is so annoying!!  Signaturemartinson portland No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At least you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions and reorganise the tabs by numbering them. In Word 2007, you have no control. Another example of the Word Gestapo at work. If it helps, you could put your templates as shortcuts on your desktops to open up directly to a document created fro the template (but not that convenient if Word is already open). You could also make commands and add them to your QAT. But that may be hopeless if you have loads of custom templates. Personally, I only use 12 templates, so I have simply put them all in the General Tab so at least I can get at them reasonably quickly. You can order them in under the General tab by adding a number prefix. SignatureTerry Farrell - MSWord MVP > I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the > standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the > responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does > anyone > know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs > appear first?? This is so annoying!! I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in the File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as to why mine run in this order: Front row: General, Publications, Clients, Correspondence, Envelopes, Jack, Labels, Legal Pleadings Back row: Microsoft Merge Templates, Microsoft Templates, Microsoft Wizards, Other Documents, OTT, Rotary Everything seems to be entirely alphabetical except for "Publications" being oddly out of order. The only reason I can think of is perhaps that that is the name of one of Word's built-in tabs. Also, in case anyone is curious, the reason for the three "Microsoft" tabs is that I saved copies of all the built-in templates so that I have them available to assist users. The Legal Pleadings tab was created because Word seemed to insist on having the Legal Pleading template there. Since I have few enough tabs and not much trouble finding them, I haven't bothered to try to combine or eliminate. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > No. It is a hideous change from the way previous versions worked. At least > you could uninstall the supplied templates in previous versions and [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] >> know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs >> appear first?? This is so annoying!! Suzanne I'm not sure that previous versions were forced in alphabetical order either, but they were removable. But is your list example showing which tabs you are seeing in Word 2007? If so, how did you get rid of Faxed Letters OtherDocuments Reports Resumes ...because those are what we would like to get rid of? Terry > I'd never actually realized that the tabs are in alphabetical order in the > File New dialog (I'm not sure they always were), but I'm curious as to why [quoted text clipped - 39 lines] >>> know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs >>> appear first?? This is so annoying!! Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office Button | New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007. If is use the New Document or Template QAT button, I get them all. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Suzanne > [quoted text clipped - 55 lines] >>>> tabs >>>> appear first?? This is so annoying!! Yes. I see what you are doing. Unfortunately, I cannot find a way of getting directly to that dialog without going through the menus. I'm going to ask the VBA experts... Terry > Those are in Word 2003, but they are also what I see if I use Office > Button | New | My Templates (or corresponding QAT button) in Word 2007. If [quoted text clipped - 59 lines] >>>>> tabs >>>>> appear first?? This is so annoying!! Yes, unfortunately there's no specific command for it that can be added to the QAT, but at least adding the New... (or whatever it's now called) command to the QAT reduces it to two clicks. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA > Yes. I see what you are doing. Unfortunately, I cannot find a way of > getting directly to that dialog without going through the menus. I'm going [quoted text clipped - 66 lines] >>>>>> tabs >>>>>> appear first?? This is so annoying!! That's true but brings us back in a full circle as to how to remove all the Microsoft installed templates (and unwanted tabs). <g> Terry > Yes, unfortunately there's no specific command for it that can be added to > the QAT, but at least adding the New... (or whatever it's now called) [quoted text clipped - 70 lines] >>>>>>> tabs >>>>>>> appear first?? This is so annoying!! Hi Martinson, Which template dialog are you using in Word 2007 (there is more than one that can be installed <g>) and what are the steps you're using to access it. Was Office 2007 installed fresh or is this an upgrade over an earlier version? What edition of Office 2007 are you using. =============== I've posted this questions before, I'd love to somehow get rid the the standard templates that are automatically installed with Word. So far the responses I've gotten indicate it's not possible... great... so does anyone know how I can push them to the end of the line so that my template tabs appear first?? This is so annoying!! Signaturemartinson portland >> -- Bob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample templates from Setup. What's the deal? On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote: > Hi Martinson, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* The deal is that Word 2007 doesn't provide any way to remove or uninstall the default templates. Period. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample templates from Setup. What's the deal? On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote: > Hi Martinson, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* And in replying to that message you answered none of the questions that were asked. =========== >><jpparekh@gmail.com> wrote in message news:3e407125-c2b3-4976-913c-fe57e10fd147@k37g2000hsf.googlegroups.com... Same issue here. Office 2007. There is no option to remove sample templates from Setup. What's the deal? << SignatureBob Buckland ?:-) MS Office System Products MVP *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* File / New tabbed version of the dialog. Using Office 2007 Standard Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office \Templates\1033 and if you remove them, they still show up in File / New. In previous versions of Word, removing the sample templates was enough but that's not the case anymore. There is no option in Add/ Remove or Setup to NOT install Sample templates for Word (or at least in Word 2007). This is a fresh install of Office not an upgrade. On Aug 22, 10:18 am, "Bob Buckland ?:-\)" <75214.226(At Beautiful Downtown)compuserve.com> wrote: > Hi Martinson, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > *Courtesy is not expensive and can pay big dividends* I've found this key that holds information about those different templates HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components \8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21 When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on the File/New. On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar...@gmail.com wrote: > File/Newtabbed version of the dialog. Using Office2007Standard > Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > - Show quoted text - Whoa! That's useful information! So this makes File | New the equivalent of My Templates? But can you still access the default templates some other way? SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA I've found this key that holds information about those different templates HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components \8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21 When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on the File/New. On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar...@gmail.com wrote: > File/Newtabbed version of the dialog. Using Office2007Standard > Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - JP Well done. I admire your persistence in finding this key. I've noted that in addition to the global removal of all the installed templates, you can also rename the key for individual templates and therefore keep selective templates if you want. Blank normal and blank XML are fortunately retained even when globally renaming the key. Again, many thanks for this tip. SignatureTerry Farrell - MSWord MVP I've found this key that holds information about those different templates HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Installer\Components \8F622368F04F7B849A7B2021EE668F21 When I renamed it, the default templates and tabs no longer show on the File/New. On Aug 28, 9:32 am, jppar...@gmail.com wrote: > File/Newtabbed version of the dialog. Using Office2007Standard > Ed. SP1. The default templates are in C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > > - Show quoted text - |
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