WD97: Contprel.dot Template Missing AutoText Entries

 Last reviewed: July 31, 1997
Article ID: Q165528
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SYMPTOMS

If you install the Contemporary Press Report template (Contprel.dot) from the Value Pack or Web site and then click on Template in the Style Gallery, you will receive the following message when you click the Example preview radio button: 

   There is no example for this template

CAUSE

The Word 97 template Contemporary Press Release (Contprel.dot) that ships as part of the Value Pack is missing the Gallery Example AutoText entry. The other two optional Press Release templates, Professional Press Release (Profprel.dot) and Elegant Press Release (Elegprel.dot), both contain the Gallery Example AutoText entry.

The Style Gallery uses the Gallery Example AutoText for the Example preview. Without it, you will not have an Example preview available.

WORKAROUND

You can create a Gallery Example AutoText entry for the template by following these steps:

  1. Open the Contemporary Press Release (Contprel.dot) template.

  2. On the Edit menu, click Select All.

  3. On the Insert menu, point to AutoText, and click AutoText.

  4. In the "Look in" list, click CONTPREL (Template).

  5. For the AutoText name, type "Gallery Example" (without the quotation marks), and click Add.

  6. Save and Close the template.

You will now have a preview when you go to the Style Gallery, click the template and click the Example preview choice.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products listed at the beginning of this article. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION

"Gallery Example" is a special AutoText entry that the Style Gallery displays when you choose the Example preview. "Gallery Style Samples" is a special AutoText entry that the Style Gallery displays when you choose the Style Samples preview.

REFERENCES

For more information on using the Gallery Example and Gallery Style Samples AutoText entries with the Style Gallery, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE ID: Q105700
   TITLE: Creating Example Text and Style Samples for Style Gallery
For information on using the Style Gallery, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE ID: Q142750
   TITLE: How to Use Examples Found in the Style Gallery
In the online help, click the Office Assistant, type "style gallery," click Search, and then click one of the following topics. 

   - View or copy styles from another template.
   - Use settings from another document or template.
NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If Word Help is not installed on your computer, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q120802
   TITLE     : Office: How to Add/Remove a Single Office
               Program or Component
For information on how to obtain the Contemporary Press Release template in addition to other supplemental templates, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE ID: Q155945
   TITLE: Additional Word Templates Are Available in the ValuPack Folder

   ARTICLE ID: Q163549
   TITLE: WD97: Templates and  Wizards Available from Microsoft

Additional query words: error blank
Keywords : kbautotext kbnumbering kbusage
Version : 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbbug

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Last reviewed: July 31, 1997
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