OFF: How to Change Defaults in Microsoft Organization Chart

ID: Q168125

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Office 97 for Windows
Microsoft Office for Windows 95, versions 7.0, 7.0a
Microsoft Office for Windows, versions 4.2, 4.2-CD, 4.2c, 4.3, 4.3-CD
Microsoft Office for the Macintosh, versions 4.2.1, 4.2.1a, 4.2.1b
Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Organizational Chart, versions 1.0 and 2.0, you can control some of the default settings for new charts by clicking Options on the Edit menu.

If you are using Organizational Chart 1.0, you can select the following:

Use standard 4-box template for new charts

Use standard 1-box template for new charts

Remember current magnification for new charts

If you are using Organization Chart 2.0, you can select the following:

Use standard 4-box template for new charts

Use standard 1-box template for new charts

Remember current topmost box, use as a 1-box template for new charts

Remember current magnification for new charts

No other menus and commands in Organizational Chart allow you to select other types of defaults (for example, font, line style, box style, chart style, and such).

MORE INFORMATION

You can modify the template that the default chart is based on. If you are running Microsoft Windows, the template is called Template.mso. By default, it is located in one of the following folders:


   Windows\Msapps\Orgchart

-or-


   Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Orgchart

If you are running Microsoft Office for the Macintosh version 4.2, the file is called MSOrgChart Template. It is located in the Microsoft folder.

If you are running Microfot Office 98 Macintosh Edition, the file is called MS Organization Chart Template. It is located in the Microsoft Office 98:Office folder.

Use one of the following methods to open the default template.

NOTE: Before you modify the default template, make a backup copy.

Method 1: Start Stand-Alone Microsoft Organization Chart

To start the stand-alone version, do the following:

If you are running Windows, double-click Orgchart.exe in Windows Explorer or File Manager.

This file is in one of the following folders:
```
      Windows\Msapps\Orgchart 
```
-or-
```
      Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Orgchart 
```
If you are using Microsoft Office for the Macintosh version 4.2, double-click the MS Organization Chart 1.0 file in the Microsoft folder.

If you are using Microsoft Office 98 Macintosh Edition, double-click MS Organization Chart 2.0 in the Microsoft Office 98:Office folder.

In the Startup dialog box, click MSOrgChart Template (Macintosh) or Template.mso (Windows), and then click Open.

NOTE: For Template.mso to appear in the list of files, first click All Files on the Files Of Type list.

Modify the default organization chart.

On the File menu, click Save.

On the File menu, click Quit (Macintosh) or Exit (Windows).

Method 2: Start Microsoft Organization Chart from Another Program

To start the Organization Chart from another program, do the following:

Start a Microsoft Office program (for example, Word or PowerPoint).

On the Insert menu, click Object.

Click Organization Chart in the Object Types list.

When Microsoft Organization chart is stared, click Open on the File menu.

In the Open dialog box, click MSOrgChart Template (Macintosh) or Template.mso (Windows), and then click Open.

NOTE: For Template.mso to appear in the list of files, first click All Files on the Files Of Type list.

Modify the default organization chart.

On the File menu, click Save.

Next time you start Organization Chart, the default chart reflects the changes you made to the template.

Additional query words: org chart organization default template.mso ppt97 ppt95 ppt7 ppt8 ppt8.0 8.00 m_ppt powerpt powerpnt ppt4


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Version           : MACINTOSH:4.2.1,4.2.1a,4.2.1b,98; WINDOWS:4.2,4.2-CD,4.2c,4.3,4.3-CD,7.0,7.0a,97
Platform          : MACINTOSH WINDOWS 
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Last Reviewed: May 5, 1999