For Office 2003 the Open and New Office Document legacy dialogs are optional installations from the Microsoft Office choice in
Add/Remove Programs in the Windows control panel.
In Office 2007 especially (you didn't mention what you're using <g>) the
Office Button=>New
dialog has more features than the old dialog for new documents and the 'My Templates' choice there will bring up the old style
dialog.
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We are missing the open office short cut menu that enables you to access
templates, faxes, docs, calendars, spreadsheet, etc. Did ms office do away
with this? <<
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Bob Buckland ?

MS Office System Products MVP
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