Customizing the "New File" "drop-down" button

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Mike Davis - 19 May 2005 16:36 GMT

In 2003 I have replaced the generic New Blank Document button with one that
has a drop-down menu next to it. So you can click to open a blank document,
or select the drop-down which has options of: 1) Blank Doc, 2) New HTML, or
3) Other.

Is there any way to customize this drop-down menu to add specific templates,
or is there a folder where I can add templates to be in this menu?

Thanks.

mdavis@grpmack.com

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Graham Mayor - 20 May 2005 05:51 GMT

Instead of re-inventing the wheel, use the file > new interface that is
provided by Microsoft as a hang-over from earlier versions that did not use
the task pane.

Either redirect the file new command with a macro in normal.dot

Sub FileNew()
Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show
End Sub
http://www.gmayor.com/installing_macro.htm

or add the FileNewDialog command from the all commands section of the
toolbar editor. You can then get rid of the startup task pane
http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/Customization/ShowTaskPane.htm

Any template saved in the templates folder (tools > options > file locations

> user templates) or a sub folder of that folder will appear in the

selectable list of templates.

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> In 2003 I have replaced the generic New Blank Document button with
> one that has a drop-down menu next to it. So you can click to open a
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