XL: How to Open a Copy of a Template in MS Excel 7.0, 97

ID: Q133137

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Excel 97 for Windows
• Microsoft Excel for Windows 95, version 7.0

SUMMARY

Microsoft Excel provides several ways for you to create a copy of a template. However, if you use the Open command on the File menu to open a template, the template opens in edit mode. In earlier versions of Microsoft Excel, when you click Open on the File menu to open a template, a copy of the template opens instead.

This article discuss ways you can create a copy of a template.

MORE INFORMATION

Method 1: Use the Templates folder

          a. Save the workbook template in the Templates folder or in
             a folder located inside the Templates folder.

          b. When you save the file in the Templates folder, you can
             create a copy of the template by clicking New on the file
             menu in Microsoft Excel.

             The template will be located on the General tab.

          NOTE: If you save the template in a folder that is located
          inside the Templates folder, you can still create a copy of
          the template by clicking New on the File menu in Microsoft
          Excel. However, the template will be located on the tab that
          has the same name as the folder in which that template is
          stored.

          a. Save the Microsoft Excel workbook template in the
             Xlstart folder.

          b. When you save the file in the Xlstart folder, you can
             create a copy of the template by clicking New on the File
             menu in Microsoft Excel. A template stored in the Xlstart
             folder always appears on the General tab.

          a. Save the Microsoft Excel workbook template in the
             alternate startup folder.

             The alternate startup folder is a folder of your choice.
             You can specify the alternate startup folder for Microsoft
             Excel by clicking Options on the Tools menu. On the
             General tab of the Options dialog box you can specify a
             folder that behaves just like the Xlstart folder.

          b. After you save the file in the alternate startup folder,
             you can create a copy of the template by clicking New on
             the File menu in Microsoft Excel.

          A template stored in the alternate startup folder always
          appears on the General tab.

          If you store a template in a folder other than those listed
          in methods 1 through 3, you must use a macro to open a copy
          of the template. To open a copy of a template, use the
          following line in a Visual Basic macro:

             Workbooks.Add Template:= <template path and filename>

          Example
          -------

          This example assumes you saved a template workbook in the
          c:\Xlfiles folder and called the template "Template.xlt"
          (without quotation marks).

          Sub Open_Template()

             Workbooks.Add Template:= "C:\Xlfiles\Template.xlt"

          End Sub

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q129279
   TITLE     : XL7: Open Command Without SHIFT Opens Template for Editing

Keywords          : kbprg kbualink97 kbdta kbdtacode KbVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:7.0,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: December 8, 1998