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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro provides a method
you can use to set the view automatically each time you access the New
dialog box.
The example macro uses the SendKeys statement to send the required
keystroke combination for switching views. The keystrokes for changing the
view in the New dialog box are listed in the following table.
Press this To display the files this way
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ALT+1 Large Icons
ALT+2 List
Alt+3 Details
Sample Macro
Sub FileNew()
SendKeys ("%3") ' To change the type of view, change this number.
Dialogs(wdDialogFileNew).Show
End Sub
In this example, the New dialog box will be displayed with details (ALT+3)
selected for the template view. To change the macro so that the dialog box
displays the templates in list view, change the number 3 to the number 2.
NOTE: The macro MUST be called FileNew for this example to work when you
click New on the File menu.