accessing Office 2000 templates with Win XP

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arynm

I created templates in Office 2000 when I had Win 98 and
then saved them to the templates folder in Win XP. Now I
am unable to access the actual templates if I need to
update them (with a new address), or need to save on to
CD or disk to transfer it to another computer.

I did a search for hidden files, and the templates are
supposedly in Documents and Settings>my name>Application
Data>Microsoft>Templates, but I can't access that folder
from Word or My Computer. If I click the file I find
through the search bar, it creates a new document based
on the template, but won't open the template. If I do
New>From Template> and click the create new template
option, then I have to create a new template and won't
let me save over the old template.

How do I access my templates? This feature was much
better in Win 98.
 
Try opening Windows Explorer, clicking the "Tools" menu, selecting "Folder
Options", click the "View" TAB, then click the "Show hidden files and
folders" option.

Bill Foley
www.pttinc.com
 
And note that if you can find a template by searching, you can open it by
right-clicking and choosing Open (the default action is New).

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA
Word MVP FAQ site: http://www.mvps.org/word
 
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