i can view some outlook template files

[Mark]

i am having trouble opening some outlook templates stored in a shared drive.
i am using exchange2003, outlook2003 and winXPSP2.
the forms open with no error message, but where there should be tabs along
the top, there are none.
i was thinking that this may be to do with active x security on my machine,
but have relaxed all the settings, still no good.
i am a local admin on my machine so that isnt it either.
thanks,
mark.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most .oft form templates files only by opening the template from the Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File System. This means that if the .oft file is sent as a message attachment, the user must save it to the local hard drive first.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Mark]

thank you sue,
unfortunately this is not what i am trying to do at all.
the outlook teplate is not in my inbox.
it is on a fileserver and i am trying to open it.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Who said anything about the Inbox?Yours is exactly the scenario that my response and the article I cited are referring to.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Roady [MVP]]

Ehm, Sue explained how you should do this;
"Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File
System"

Where do you get stuck?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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thank you sue,
unfortunately this is not what i am trying to do at all.
the outlook teplate is not in my inbox.
it is on a fileserver and i am trying to open it.

 

[Mark]

sorry i misread that alright.
thanks a mill guys.

Ehm, Sue explained how you should do this;
"Tools | Forms | Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File
System"

Where do you get stuck?

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


-----
thank you sue,
unfortunately this is not what i am trying to do at all.
the outlook teplate is not in my inbox.
it is on a fileserver and i am trying to open it.

Beginning with Outlook 2003 SP2, users can work with most .oft form
templates files only by opening the template from the Tools | Forms |
Choose Form dialog, browsing for User Templates in File System. This means
that if the .oft file is sent as a message attachment, the user must save
it to the local hard drive first.

The article at http://support.microsoft.com/?id=907985 explains this
change in more detail, suggests best practices, and provides registry keys
that can return Outlook 2003 to the older, less secure behavior.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers