Template behavior in Windows Explorer

[Guest]

I have a user who used to double-click on a template file within Windows
Explorer and it would open allowing her to edit the template file directly.

The template file got corrupt somehow which she corrected by over-writing
the corrupt file with a known good version. Now however when she
double-clicks on the template file within Windows Explorer it opens a
document, not the template. I know she can work around it by opening the
template appropriately via Word and choosing to open *.dot files. She is
requesting that get this file to behave as it did once before. Any ideas?

 

[Anne Troy]

If it worked that way BEFORE, then the setting was changed. Default behavior
for double-clicking a DOT file is to create a new document from the
template. To change that, double-click My Computer, hit Tools-->Folder
options. Click the File types tab. Scroll down and select DOT, hit Advanced
button. Select Open, and choose Set Default, Ok.
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Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Guest]

Excellent! Thank you!

If it worked that way BEFORE, then the setting was changed. Default behavior
for double-clicking a DOT file is to create a new document from the
template. To change that, double-click My Computer, hit Tools-->Folder
options. Click the File types tab. Scroll down and select DOT, hit Advanced
button. Select Open, and choose Set Default, Ok.
************
Anne Troy
www.OfficeArticles.com

 

[Charles Kenyon]

The behavior before was wrong! She can right-click on the template if she
wants and select Open. The regular use for a template is to create new
documents, not to edit the template.
http://addbalance.com/usersguide/templates.htm
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory: http://addbalance.com/word

Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
Microsoft's Legal Users' Guide) http://addbalance.com/usersguide


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