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1294563 2012-08-14 00:03:00 This is not really a big issue, but I would dearly love to find a solution to this one. Anyone who can solve it will have my undying gratitude!
I use several different custom templates, and when I opened a New document my next choice used to be a window containing all the templates I'd stored.
Recently I've had to re-install both Office 2010 and Word 7 Professional. Naturally I saved important things (such as the templates folder) and copied them into the new system after re-installation.
Now when I open a new document I first have to select My Templates to open exactly the same window that used to open straight away. How can I change things so that New Document defaults directly to the My Templates folder? My good friend Mr Google hasn't been able to help me.
colmack (2939)
1294564 2012-08-14 00:56:00 In a corporate environment, we use a group policy add in that allows me to set it this way - in fact I have changed it so that Word 2007 behaves like Word 2003 and comes up with the workgroup templates first. You should be able to download the Office 2010 GPO from MS, and edit your Word settings using the group policy editor. FAB (6923)
1294565 2012-08-14 01:09:00 The GPO setting you want is MS Office 2007 System/Miscellaneous/Use Office 2003 New Document dialog box.
That should fix it for you.
FAB (6923)
1294566 2012-08-14 02:44:00 Hi FAB, and thanks for your response. I think your suggestion is a little beyond me - I was hoping for a setting somewhere in the standard Word. I'm sure I never used to have this problem, it's only since I re-installed. But it's the same installation - I figured I must have altered a setting originally and just forgotten what it was. colmack (2939)
1294567 2012-08-14 03:56:00 Not that I know of. If you get stuck let me know and I'll do more detailed instructions. FAB (6923)
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