Word 95: Previous Templates Not Available in New Dialog Box

 Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
Article ID: Q134912
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word for Windows 95, version 7.0

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

KBCategory: kbusage
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Additional reference words: word95 7.0 word7
Version : 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 5, 1998
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