WD2000: How to Retain the Template View in the New Dialog Box (211839)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Word 2000
  • Microsoft Word 2002
This article was previously published under Q211839

SYMPTOMS

When you change the template view (large icons, list, or details), in the New dialog box (on the File menu, click New), the selected view will be retained for the current session of Microsoft Word. When you close and restart Word, the view reverts to large icons.

Note The macro that is described in the "Workaround" section of this article does not work on Microsoft Windows 2000.

CAUSE

By default, the New dialog box for all Microsoft Office programs uses the large icon view.

WORKAROUND

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212536 OFF2000: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

The following 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 sample 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
   -----------------------------------------------
   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.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:4/8/2003
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