Opening Word Documents that were templates 1

[Nzarth]

I have Word templates (.dot) that I have made changes to and then saved them as word documents (.doc).

When I reopen the said Word document file it also opens the Template Help on the right hand side, which is rather annoying.

Any suggetion to solve this little irration? Word 2003 BTW

TIA

Nzarth

MCSA/MCSE (W2K), CCA

Working on CCNA

 

[fumei]

First of all...why are you saving .dot files as .doc files????

Gerry

 

[Nzarth]

So I can amend them.

Nzarth

MCSA/MCSE (W2K), CCA

Working on CCNA

 

[fumei]

Amend them as what? As templates (.dot files)? They are no longer templates if they are .doc files. As documents? Why not USE the templates?

WHAT are you amending? This does not sound like proper use of templates. "Amend" - what does that mean? You are changing text? You are changing structure? What does amend mean?

Second - is there any code in what was the template file?

Gerry

 

[Nzarth]

Sorry if I did not explain myself properly

I have taken a template from Microsoft Site (it is an Invoice) and have saved it in the original format (i.e. .dot).

Then I have amended the text and added picture so it relates to my company.

Now when I create a new invoice using the template, I save it as a .doc file.

When I open the amended file the template help (it seems to go online) pops up on the right hand side.

the document seems to have code in it, but does not look like it relates to the template help popping up.

I hope that explains it better?

Nzarth

MCSA/MCSE (W2K), CCA

Working on CCNA

 

[Nzarth]

I managed to solve it by copying and pasting the document into a blank document and the template help went.

I am guessing that Fumei was correct in that there must have been some code in the original template that was causing this.

Heres a star and thanks for the pointers

Nzarth

MCSA/MCSE (W2K), CCA

Working on CCNA

 

[fumei]

Tried to find that invoice template at microsoft, but there are a number of them. In any case, yeah, it probably had code in it.

Gerry

 

[tf1]

Once a template, always a template. It is coded into the file structure when first created. Changing the exention does not alter the internal structure so Windows and Word still see it as a template.

The only work around is to open a document from the template and save it as a document.


Regards: tf1