Excel Template

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Steve

Hi

In Excel 2000, after saving a new spreadsheet as XLT type,
opening that file again doesn't create a new file but the
template itself.

Please let me know what I'm missing.
Thanks
Steve
 
Did you perhaps open it from the MRU list from the <File> menu ?

If you saved it correctly (choose template in the "Save As Type" box of the
"Save AS" window) then you must open it from <File> <New> <General> tab, in
order to have a COPY opened, and not the original.

The MRU list will point to the original in the Templates folder and open the
original.
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Hi

In Excel 2000, after saving a new spreadsheet as XLT type,
opening that file again doesn't create a new file but the
template itself.

Please let me know what I'm missing.
Thanks
Steve
 
Don't open the template (excel thinks you want to change it).

Use File|New instead of File|Open.

(Works nicer if your template is stored with the other templates)
 
You should be able to double click on the .xlt file when you're in windows
explorer, too. The default action for .xlt files is New.
 
Thanks everybody for the tips.

Yep, it got me all confused there for a while. Couldn't
it be working the same way as DOT of Word ?

Anyway...thanks again
Steve
 
I think if you open normal.dot (or any other .dot (dotdot, hehe)) for editing,
then if you open it again (from the MRU?), you'll be editing that template
document, too.

So I think it works pretty much the same way.
 
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