WD2000: Categories, Locations, and Registry Keys for Word Templates

ID: Q216595

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 2000

SUMMARY

This article describes the new categories of template files, the template locations, and the registry keys associated with templates in Microsoft Word 2000.

MORE INFORMATION

Template Categories

Templates fall into one of four categories. When you click the File menu and open the New dialog box, the application seeks the templates in the following priority and locations:

Category	Description
User Customized Templates	Newly created or modified templates are saved in a folder in your profile directory. The folders under your profile contain configuration preferences and options specific to you. Everything that needs to roam with you is stored in these directories as part of your profile.
Custom Workgroup Templates	These are the same as User templates, with the exception that the location is usually network based. A network administrator may set a network location as a source from which to provide common templates used throughout the workgroup or company. The workgroup location is usually a read-only share.
Advertised and Installed Templates	Advertised templates are all templates that are shipped with Microsoft Office 2000. All of these templates appear in the New dialog box (on the File menu). Depending on the type of installation performed, all of the templates may not have been placed on your hard disk. When you choose a template that is not installed, a dialog box appears, and the application installs the template from its source (CD, network, and so on).
Non-file-based Templates	These templates do not physically exist on the hard disk but are used by Word to create documents. Word 2000 has the necessary information built in to create documents from these templates; for example, New Web Pages and New E-mail messages.

Template Locations

The template locations for Word 2000 depend on the operating system on which Word 2000 is running and the type of template. The following lists the template locations for Word 2000.

Operating System	Type of Template	Location
Microsoft Windows 95/98 with profiles and Windows NT 4.0	User Templates	<Windows Folder>\Profiles\<username>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
	Installed Templates	<Root drive>\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033
Windows 95/98 without profiles	User Templates	<Windows Folder>\Application Data\Microsoft\Templates
	Installed Templates	<Root drive>\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Templates\1033

NOTE: 1033 is the Language ID for English-US.

Registry Key Locations

Registry key entries associated with templates have changed in Word 2000. Following are the new registry key locations:

User Customized Templates:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General
Workgroup Templates:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\9.0\Common\General

Additional query words:


Keywords          : kbdta wd2000 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 28, 1999