Starting a New Document in Word2003

[Jack Sadie]

When I click on the New Document icon in Word 2003 it opens a task pane on
the
right headed Templates.

I then have to click on "Templates/On my computer"
to get to the dialog box where I can choose from all my carefully customised
templates.

Please will someone tell me how can I make clicking the "New Document" icon
cause Word to go directly to that dialog box.

I suppose I could a record a new macro and put it on a new icon but it seems
better to use the original icon to behave as I want it to.

TIA.
Jack Sadie

 

[Graham Mayor]

You could intercept the built-in function with vba eg

Sub FileNew()
Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show
End Sub


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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

This is one of the tricks described in my article
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm:

1. Open Tools | Customize.

2. On the Commands tab, select FileNewDialog from the All Commands category
and drag it to your toolbar.

3. The command doesn't have an icon by default, so you'll need to add one.
Right-click on your New button and choose Copy Button Image.

4. Right-click on the new button you added and choose Paste Button Image (if
the button was showing text before, you may have to right-click and choose
Default Style).

5. Drag the old New button off the toolbar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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[Jack Sadie]

Thanks, this looks useful.
Jack

This is one of the tricks described in my article
http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm:

1. Open Tools | Customize.

2. On the Commands tab, select FileNewDialog from the All Commands
category
and drag it to your toolbar.

3. The command doesn't have an icon by default, so you'll need to add one.
Right-click on your New button and choose Copy Button Image.

4. Right-click on the new button you added and choose Paste Button Image
(if
the button was showing text before, you may have to right-click and choose
Default Style).

5. Drag the old New button off the toolbar.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

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so
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[Jack Sadie]

Thanks to you and Suzanne for the suggestions.
Jack