> Hi,

> Using Word97/Win95 or NT.  Yesterday, I was asked to create a Word
template
> that would be placed on a shared drive used by offices existing in two
> states.  This template is supposed to offer the option of choosing one of
> four addresses to be placed within the body of the form letter.

> Working on learning Access VBA, but no experience in Word beyond the
> surface. Today, I discovered www.mvps.org/word - which looks to be a
> wonderful resource - but, before I even dive into totally unexplored
waters,
> I wonder if a template stored on a shared drive would be accessible though
> the New/Template file selection on the various user's computers?

> Any advice would be so gratefully received!

> TIA,

> Pam

> Hi Pam,

> Yes, a template on a shared drive can be visible on the File New menu. You
> have to go to Tools, Options, File Locations, and set the Workgroup
> Templates path to point to the folder which your template is in.

> --

> Regards
> Jonathan West - Word MVP
> MultiLinker - Automated generation of hyperlinks in Word
> Conversion to PDF & HTML
> http://www.multilinker.com
> Word FAQs at http://www.multilinker.com/wordfaq
> Please post any follow-up in the newsgroup. I do not reply to Word
questions
> by email

> > Hi,

> > Using Word97/Win95 or NT.  Yesterday, I was asked to create a Word
> template
> > that would be placed on a shared drive used by offices existing in two
> > states.  This template is supposed to offer the option of choosing one
of
> > four addresses to be placed within the body of the form letter.

> > Working on learning Access VBA, but no experience in Word beyond the
> > surface. Today, I discovered www.mvps.org/word - which looks to be a
> > wonderful resource - but, before I even dive into totally unexplored
> waters,
> > I wonder if a template stored on a shared drive would be accessible
though
> > the New/Template file selection on the various user's computers?

> > Any advice would be so gratefully received!

> > TIA,

> > Pam

> Did I mention I was new to posting?  Profuse apologies - seems I must have
> hit the "Reply" button last night instead of "Reply Group".  Sigh, in any
> case, here is the reply I meant to send here last night.  Again, very
sorry.

> Hi Jonathan,

> Thank you so much for your reply!  I'm new to asking - old to reading -
the
> groups - and very new to here!

> Much to my surprise, with help from many sources, I was able to achieve
what
> was asked - template-wise.  My one last worry was the issue of whether or
> not a template on a shared file would open as a copy or  the .dot file
> itself.  I even sent out an SOS to my son - programmer extraordinaire! -
who
> suggested I make the file "read only".  Now that's something I never
thought
> about - have checked that out when I couldn't open something, but failed
to
> make the leap forward.

> Your solution is so elegant!  Definitely the way to travel.  One problem
> though, I think in my quest for knowledge I must have corrupted my
template
> file - I seem to have most everything on my "General Tab" - though the
same
> templates also remain on the tabs to which they belong.  Dare I ask if you
> have a magic bullet for this as well?!

> Again, thank you so much for your time.  Been working on this since 4:30
AM
> today - not to mention time last night - and SO happy to have a solution.
> You are awesome!

> Pam

> > Hi Pam,

> > Yes, a template on a shared drive can be visible on the File New menu.
You
> > have to go to Tools, Options, File Locations, and set the Workgroup
> > Templates path to point to the folder which your template is in.

> > --

> > Regards
> > Jonathan West - Word MVP
> > MultiLinker - Automated generation of hyperlinks in Word
> > Conversion to PDF & HTML
> > http://www.multilinker.com
> > Word FAQs at http://www.multilinker.com/wordfaq
> > Please post any follow-up in the newsgroup. I do not reply to Word
> questions
> > by email

> > > Hi,

> > > Using Word97/Win95 or NT.  Yesterday, I was asked to create a Word
> > template
> > > that would be placed on a shared drive used by offices existing in two
> > > states.  This template is supposed to offer the option of choosing one
> of
> > > four addresses to be placed within the body of the form letter.

> > > Working on learning Access VBA, but no experience in Word beyond the
> > > surface. Today, I discovered www.mvps.org/word - which looks to be a
> > > wonderful resource - but, before I even dive into totally unexplored
> > waters,
> > > I wonder if a template stored on a shared drive would be accessible
> though
> > > the New/Template file selection on the various user's computers?

> > > Any advice would be so gratefully received!

> > > TIA,

> > > Pam

> It sounds like you changed the wrong entry under Options File Locations.
> There are two entries there:  User Templates & Workgroup Templates.  In
our
> office we have the User Templates set to each local workstation and the
> Workgroup Templates set to a shared sub-directory on the network.  Here's
> another hint, if you add subdirectories under the applicable directory,
each
> one will become a Tab on the File New dialog box!

> Hi David,

> Actually, thanks to a pointer from a very special kind person, I did learn
> that trick, and I do have a new tab containing my templates - at home
> anyway.  I haven't as yet been mapped to the shared drive, so the true
test
> is yet to come.   I do thank you very much for that input though!

> My problem was that the general tab contained all manner of templates and
> docs.  Two problems there I have resolved as I started writing this with
the
> intent of listing what I was viewing there.  The first is that I had
copied
> numerous tips from my Internet research, and guess where I stored them!
> Yes, sigh, within the folder containing my folder of new templates!  The
> second problem I just resolved with a file search which indicated two more
> templates were stored within the Templates file.  To me, this meant
> Programs\Microsoft Office\Templates, yet, even making sure hidden files
> would show, they weren't there.  Another look at the file search cleared
> that mystery - they're in Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.
The
> first was seriously dumb, the second was a new discovery!

> Although the project I'm working on is for Word 97 to be used on Windows
> 95/NT, my home computer where I was working on this project is running
> Windows 98 2nd with Word 2000.  Before all this, I'd never been into the
> templates at home, so I don't even know what should be on the general tab.
> After resolving problems one and two, I now have "Blank Document", "Web
> Page", and "E-mail Message" - does this sound correct?  It sure looks much
> better!

> Again, thank you so much for your reply.  I've learned a great deal with
the
> help of kind folk like you!

> Pam

> > It sounds like you changed the wrong entry under Options File Locations.
> > There are two entries there:  User Templates & Workgroup Templates.  In
> our
> > office we have the User Templates set to each local workstation and the
> > Workgroup Templates set to a shared sub-directory on the network.
Here's
> > another hint, if you add subdirectories under the applicable directory,
> each
> > one will become a Tab on the File New dialog box!

> Got another one for you.  You only get 2 folders for your templates.  User
> templates in one folder (and subfolders there of) and workgroup templates
in
> another.

> You can put templates anywhere, you just cannot get them into the File New
> box unless they are in those 2 folders or subfolders thereof.  BUT.  If
you
> have a template lying around somewhere else, double clicking on it from
> Windows explorer usually gets you a new file based on the template.  This
> may help you get around company policies regarding locations for workgroup
> templates.

> > Hi David,

> > Actually, thanks to a pointer from a very special kind person, I did
learn
> > that trick, and I do have a new tab containing my templates - at home
> > anyway.  I haven't as yet been mapped to the shared drive, so the true
> test
> > is yet to come.   I do thank you very much for that input though!

> > My problem was that the general tab contained all manner of templates
and
> > docs.  Two problems there I have resolved as I started writing this with
> the
> > intent of listing what I was viewing there.  The first is that I had
> copied
> > numerous tips from my Internet research, and guess where I stored them!
> > Yes, sigh, within the folder containing my folder of new templates!  The
> > second problem I just resolved with a file search which indicated two
more
> > templates were stored within the Templates file.  To me, this meant
> > Programs\Microsoft Office\Templates, yet, even making sure hidden files
> > would show, they weren't there.  Another look at the file search cleared
> > that mystery - they're in Windows\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates.
> The
> > first was seriously dumb, the second was a new discovery!

> > Although the project I'm working on is for Word 97 to be used on Windows
> > 95/NT, my home computer where I was working on this project is running
> > Windows 98 2nd with Word 2000.  Before all this, I'd never been into the
> > templates at home, so I don't even know what should be on the general
tab.
> > After resolving problems one and two, I now have "Blank Document", "Web
> > Page", and "E-mail Message" - does this sound correct?  It sure looks
much
> > better!

> > Again, thank you so much for your reply.  I've learned a great deal with
> the
> > help of kind folk like you!

> > Pam

> > > It sounds like you changed the wrong entry under Options File
Locations.
> > > There are two entries there:  User Templates & Workgroup Templates.
In
> > our
> > > office we have the User Templates set to each local workstation and
the
> > > Workgroup Templates set to a shared sub-directory on the network.
> Here's
> > > another hint, if you add subdirectories under the applicable
directory,
> > each
> > > one will become a Tab on the File New dialog box!