Word 2003 File New Pane is a pain

[Charles Kenyon]

Hi,

I've grown used to File New bringing up the new file dialog with the display
of available templates. I installed Word 2003 recently and am growing
annoyed with the new file pane or panel which gives lots of choices I don't
want and lets me hunt for the option of displaying my templates.

Sub MyFileNew ()
Application.Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show
End Sub

I got around this with the procedure shown above (attaching it to a toolbar
button) but I'm curious as to whether there is a way to turn off the display
of this pane (or the other panes).

--

Charles Kenyon

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Intermediate User's Guide to Microsoft Word (supplemented version of
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

In previous versions of Word, I replaced the default New button with a
New... button that brought up the File New dialog. In Word 2002, this
instead opened the New Document task pane--not at all what I wanted. I found
that the command I required was the FileNewDialog command from Tools |
Customize | All Commands, which I would imagine will still work in Word
2003. You could substitute this for the File | New... command as well.

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Suzanne S. Barnhill
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Words into Type
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[TF]

I can confirm that it continues to work in W2003.

Terry


In previous versions of Word, I replaced the default New button with a
New... button that brought up the File New dialog. In Word 2002, this
instead opened the New Document task pane--not at all what I wanted. I found
that the command I required was the FileNewDialog command from Tools |
Customize | All Commands, which I would imagine will still work in Word
2003. You could substitute this for the File | New... command as well.

--
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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[Charles Kenyon]

Thank you Suzanne and Terry. I think I'll leave the File=>New menu command
alone. I think I may yet find some use for the new document pane. Mostly,
like you, I just want to get to the dialog. Then the pane just gets in the
way.
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Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

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

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

FWIW, when you have any task pane open, it's just one click to get to any of
the others. For example, you can use the toolbar button to open the Styles
and Formatting task pane, then the down arrow at the top of that pane to
display the list of others from which you can select.

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

Charles

I didn't like the Task Pane the first few times I ran XP, but I persevered
with it and would not be without the TP open - permanently. I find it
indispensable.

Terry

message Thank you Suzanne and Terry. I think I'll leave the File=>New menu command
alone. I think I may yet find some use for the new document pane. Mostly,
like you, I just want to get to the dialog. Then the pane just gets in the
way.
--

Charles Kenyon

Word New User FAQ & Web Directory:
<URL: http://addbalance.com/word/index.htm>

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

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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