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MS Office Forum / Word / Long Documents / March 2004Trouble with global templates & add-ins
After reading this page: http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm, I tried to create a global template to store all my customizations. It didn't work. Here's what I did: 1) Created a new blank document (Word 2002). 2) Went to Tools/Options/File Locations and changed the locations of my my templates and startup folder to new folders I created on a non-system drive (where I store all my documents for easier backup). 3) Went to Tools/Options/Save and turned on "Prompt to save Normal template" 4) Exited from Word (clicking on OK to save changes to Normal.dot) 5) Moved all the templates from C:\program files\microsoft office\office10\startup to my new startup folder 6) Moved all the templates from C:\program files\microsoft office\office11\startup to my new startup folder 7) Moved all the templates from C:\documents and settings\jg70124\application data\microsoft\templates to my new templates folder 8) Opened Word and created a new document 9) Made all my customizations to the toolbars and keyboard shortcuts 10) Did file save as and saved a new template (jg.dot) in the new startup folder 11) Exited Word 12) Opened Word and created a new document. My toolbar customizations were not there. 13) I made my customizations again, and tried to save as to my new global template (jg.dot). Word would not let me save because it said the file was already open. Instead, saved as jg1.dot into the startup folder 14) Exited, started, created a new doc - still no customizations. What am I doing wrong? Thanks. Why exactly is it that you want to move all your templates and the Startup folder? -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word)  SignatureWords into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > After reading this page: > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm, I tried to [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > Thanks. I've moved them to a non-system drive so should I ever have to rebuild my machine (which I've had to do several times recently), the templates won't get deleted when I reformat the system drive. J > Why exactly is it that you want to move all your templates and the Startup > folder? [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] > > > > Thanks. 1) Your custom global template is being loaded as a global template. That is why Word wouldn't let you Save As to it. 2) Are you sure you saved your customizations there rather than in your current document or in normal.dot? 3) Which version of Word are you using? 4) Your Word Startup folder is different from your templates or Workgroup templates folder and not in either of those folders, correct? 5) Like Suzanne, I'm curious as to why you want to change your folder locations. SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. > After reading this page: > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm, I tried to [quoted text clipped - 42 lines] > > Thanks. > 1) Your custom global template is being loaded as a global template. That is > why Word wouldn't let you Save As to it. Ah ha. I get it now. > 2) Are you sure you saved your customizations there rather than in your > current document or in normal.dot? Well, I thought I did - by doing the save as to a .dot in the startup folder. How can I check? > 3) Which version of Word are you using? XP (2002) > 4) Your Word Startup folder is different from your templates or Workgroup > templates folder and not in either of those folders, correct? Well now. My Word Startup folder is separate from but nested within my Templates folder. Is that a mistake? > 5) Like Suzanne, I'm curious as to why you want to change your folder > locations. > -- To protect them in case of a system drive reformat. (I test lots of software and so I have to scorch my drive fairly frequently). > Charles Kenyon > [quoted text clipped - 54 lines] > > > > Thanks. > > 2) Are you sure you saved your customizations there rather than in your > > current document or in normal.dot? > > Well, I thought I did - by doing the save as to a .dot in the startup > folder. How can I check? If you are doing your customizations using the Customize dialog, there is a window to show what template (or document) will store the customizations. > > 4) Your Word Startup folder is different from your templates or Workgroup > > templates folder and not in either of those folders, correct? > > Well now. My Word Startup folder is separate from but nested within my > Templates folder. Is that a mistake? Yes, it is. It is quite permissible to have your Templates and/or Workgroup Templates folder(s) in your Startup folder if this helps with backup. Any templates in the Templates or WGT folder will show up as available to start a new document in the File New dialog (although getting to that dialog in Word 2003 is a bit of a pain, itself). If in a folder that is in the first level, that folder will show up as a tab in the dialog. If templates are nested deeper, they show up under the tab for the first-level folder. I can't think of a situation when you would want to produce a new document based on an Add-In. SignatureCharles Kenyon See the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome! --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- This message is posted to a newsgroup. Please post replies and questions to the newsgroup so that others can learn from my ignorance and your wisdom. It is not a bad plan to have all your personal stuff on a separate drive, but I am curious why you have two startup folders on the C drive. Only one will work and if you have two word versions on C, Word will get very confused. It is also known that some third party add-ins will interfere with global templates that change menu/toolbar layouts. It might be better to save these changes in normal.dot If you are having problems that require re-installation of the operating system, then you need Norton Ghost. Backup the OS when all your software is installed and working and you need never reinstall from scratch again. Simply replace the Ghost backup. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP E-mail gmayor@mvps.org Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > After reading this page: > http://word.mvps.org/faqs/customization/WhatTemplatesStore.htm, I [quoted text clipped - 45 lines] > > Thanks. Graham, Thanks for the Norton tip - I'll check that out. I think the two startup folders got there because at one point I had Office 2003 installed, but I disliked the new Outlook interface and went back to 2002. I wasn't sure which one was still active, so I moved them both. Also, I found that if I stored my menu bar customizations in a new menu bar, instead of in the standard one, then it would save just fine in my new global addin. So that's what I'm doing now. J > It is not a bad plan to have all your personal stuff on a separate drive, > but I am curious why you have two startup folders on the C drive. Only one [quoted text clipped - 67 lines] > > > > Thanks. There's some more info about Ghost on the audio pages of my web site. You don't like Outlook 2003? Frankly I thought the new Outlook was the best part of 2003. If you convert the data file to the new format you cannot go back to Outlook 2002 as the files are incompatible. In any case, If you turn off the navigation pane, the two look identical. It is always a good plan to add toolbars rather than editing the originals. This gives much more control. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP E-mail gmayor@mvps.org Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > Graham, > [quoted text clipped - 82 lines] >>> >>> Thanks. Re: Outlook 2003 - I use both the Montly Calendar and the Daily View fairly extensively. In OL2002, the settings for the two different views were sticky - that is, I can set up each view the way I like and when I switch back and forth it retains the settings for the view. (I want the taskpad in the day view but not the month view). In OL2003, the settings are not sticky, so every time I switch views I have to change the task pad settings - 2 or 3 extra clicks. > There's some more info about Ghost on the audio pages of my web site. > [quoted text clipped - 92 lines] > >>> > >>> Thanks. You need to ask this in an Outlook group. This one is for Word. I have cross posted it there for you. Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> > Re: Outlook 2003 - I use both the Montly Calendar and the Daily View > fairly extensively. In OL2002, the settings for the two different [quoted text clipped - 112 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Thanks. |
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