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MS Office Forum / Word / Menus and Toolbars / January 2007Customize appearance of FILE, NEW
Is there a way to modify the default appearance of the template dialog you get when you choose FILE then NEW then ON MY COMPUTER? On my (Word 2003) system, it always displays the available templates using the big (inefficient) icons for files. I prefer the smaller icons so that I see the full template name, since I have hundreds of templates, many of which have rather long names. While on the subject, is there a way to go directly from FILE, NEW to the avialable templates without a stop at the keyboard-UNfriendly "New Documents" sidebar thingamajig? I miss the old behavior. Gray Strickland Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) Short of a macro, there's no way to get Word to change the type of icon used in the File New dialog, but you can get directly there by adding the FileNewDialog command to a menu or toolbar. By default, it will display Other..., but you can replace it with text of your choice and/or the default New button face.  SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Is there a way to modify the default appearance of the template dialog you > get when you choose FILE then NEW then ON MY COMPUTER? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Gray Strickland > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) As Suzanne has indicated you don't have to use the task pane at all. It was one of the first things I got rid of after installing 2003. The default size of the icons in the FileNew dialog is fixed, but you could switch it with a macro eg Sub FileListView() SendKeys "{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{RIGHT}" Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show End Sub If you have 'hundreds' of templates, you would do well to manage them in folders - see http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Is there a way to modify the default appearance of the template > dialog you get when you choose FILE then NEW then ON MY COMPUTER? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Gray Strickland > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) Hello, Can i default a tab in the FileNew dialog box ? how ? kanwal > As Suzanne has indicated you don't have to use the task pane at all. It was > one of the first things I got rid of after installing 2003. The default size [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Gray Strickland > > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) Problem with that is that I know of no way of determining which 'tab' is currently open and Word whilst open retains the last used 'tab'. Furthermore users may not have the same number of tabs available and they are likely to have different names. For the sake of a single mouse click (or CTRL+Tab) to change the window, it is simply not worth the aggravation or trying to cobble something together. Just make sure that your most frequently used templates are in the opening Window - see http://www.gmayor.com/Template_Locations.htm . Signature<>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>><<> > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] >>> Gray Strickland >>> Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) Yep. I've done it. I don't like that pesky File > New > blah blah blah either. So I made a couple of macros. One opens my normal template. The other opens the template folder. I edited the buttons to put color-coding around the outside. Then added them to the toolbar. Works great! Signature<*(((>< ~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Is there a way to modify the default appearance of the template dialog you > get when you choose FILE then NEW then ON MY COMPUTER? [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > Gray Strickland > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) No macros needed. If you want a new document based on Normal.dot, you can use the default New (FileNewDefault) button on the Standard toolbar or the keyboard shortcut Ctrl+N. If you want direct access to the File New dialog, add a button for FileNewDialog. Both can be done through Tools | Customize without recourse to a macro. SignatureSuzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. > Yep. I've done it. I don't like that pesky File > New > blah blah blah > either. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Gray Strickland > > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) thanks - but i am looking for defaulting the tab in that Newdialog box - at the moment, it shows "General tab" but we want our workgroup located folders first. Is there a way ? Can you also tell me how can i execute a code on MS Word at the trigger of an evet ? > No macros needed. If you want a new document based on Normal.dot, you can > use the default New (FileNewDefault) button on the Standard toolbar or the [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > > > Gray Strickland > > > Word User Since Word ver. 1.15 (for DOS) |
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