Word 95: Previous Templates Not Available in New Dialog Box (134912)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word for Windows 95
This article was previously published under Q134912 SYMPTOMS
After installing Word 7.0 to a new folder, templates that were available in
the Word 6.0 New dialog box seem to be missing from Word 7.0.
CAUSE
The templates are available in the Word 7.0 New dialog box, under a tab
called "Shortcut to Old," for your local templates, or "Shortcut to
Workgroup," for your workgroup templates.
NOTE: If you deleted your Word 6.0 installation, including the Word 6.0
templates directory, after installing Word 7.0, these tabs may not appear
at all, or they may have nothing in them because the templates the
shortcuts point to no longer exist. If this is the case, you will need to
use Word 7.0 to re-create the templates that you used in Word 6.0.
RESOLUTION
You can use one of the following methods to control the way the Word 6.0
templates appear in the New dialog box:
Method 1: Move or copy the templates from the Word 6.0 folder to the Word
7.0 templates folder (c:\Msoffice\Templates by default). If you
copy the folder, this duplicates the Word 6.0 templates and
requires more disk space.
Method 2: Personalize the tab name by using Windows Explorer to locate the
"Shortcut to Old" or "Shortcut to Workgroup" folder (whichever
appears in your New dialog box) and click once on the folder
name. You can then type a new name. This new name will appear on
the tab in the New dialog box. This method allows you to retain
both Word 6.0 and Word 7.0 and use one set of templates for both
versions of Word.
MORE INFORMATION
During installation, Setup finds both your user and workgroup templates and
creates a shortcut folder for each location. The shortcuts are stored in
the Office Templates folder, usually C:\Msoffice\Templates. If Setup does
not find workgroup templates, no shortcut folder will be created for it.
Example:
C:\Winword\Template --> C:\Msoffice\Templates\Shortcut to old
\\User\Workgrp\Template --> C:\Msoffice\Templates\Shortcut to Workgroup
CAUTION: Deleting your previous templates directory will delete your
previous templates. To best preserve your particular configuration, Setup
does not copy or move your previous templates from their original location
to the Office templates directory. Be sure to copy or move your previous
templates before deleting the original directory.
REFERENCES
Wdreadme.txt file
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 8/16/2005 |
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| Keywords: | KB134912 |
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