WD2000: Starting Word with a Template Other Than Normal

ID: Q211620

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SUMMARY

By default, when you start Word, it opens a new document based on the Normal template (Normal.dot). You can, however, specify an alternative template using a command-line switch.


MORE INFORMATION

To specify an alternative template using a command-line switch, follow these steps:

  1. Create a shortcut for Word.


  2. Right-click the shortcut. Click Properties.


  3. Click the Shortcut tab and change the Target line to the following:
    c:\<WordFolder>\winword.exe /t<templatename>

    where <WordFolder> is the path to the Winword.exe program, and <templatename> is the full path to the template. If the path or the template file name uses a long file name, enclose the path and template name in quotation marks. Make sure there is no space between the /t switch and <templatename>.



For more information about controlling what happens when you start Word, click Microsoft Word Help on the Help menu, type "start Word" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

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

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999