Hi Keith:
OK, this is interesting
The Template behaviour in Word 2008 has been
fixed. It is now behaving the way Word was meant to behave with a template,
which is different from Word 2004.
It is now designed to do exactly what you require, which Word 2004 would
not. So we need to work out why that's not happening for you.
A Template and a Document are different internally. Previously in Word
2004, they aimed for a "Mac-like" behaviour where if you double-clicked a
Template in the Finder, Word would "Open" the Template file. From there,
you could not do a Save-As because Word can't save a template as a document
(because it isn't a document).
You could, of course, Save As a new Template, in which case Word would steer
you to the Templates folder and confuse the hell out of everyone
The current version uses the established PC behaviour, where if you
double-click a Template, Word will "Create New Document" based on and
attached to its source template.
If you use the Project Gallery, it will offer templates from your User and
Workgroup template folders. Or you have the option to navigate to others
with "Open Other". If you choose one, you will get a new file of type
document, based on and attached to the template (save as Word 2004, with the
exception that Word 2008 enables you to keep templates anywhere you like,
which is the function you want).
If you use File>Open from 2008, it will "Open" the template, which is
correct, and allows you to edit templates.
So: How are you creating those new documents?
The only thing I can think of is that some of your "templates" may not
actually be templates. They may have the correct file extension, but the
content might not be of type "Template". That would produce behaviour
similar to what you describe.
To answer your question:
* If the file IS a template, double-click it in the finder. You will get a
new, unnamed DOCUMENT reading for saving where you like.
* If you prefer, use the Project Gallery. Choose a template and click
Open. When you do, you will again get a new, unnamed document, created from
and attached to the source template.
* To change the content of a template, use File>Open from the Word menu.
If you then use Save As, since you are holding a file of type Template, Word
will steer you to your Templates folder. However, in the new version, it
will allow you to override that if you want to put the file somewhere else.
Hope this helps
When I create a new document from a template, in the new SH version, Word
creates a "copy" file -named as such- adjacent to the template. My templates
are not kept in the Template section, rather spread out over many
subject-oriented folders. Under the default, I have to do a Save As, name and
file the new copy, then go back and delete the "copy" document. What I want it
to do instead is create an unsaved document with no name that I can name and
save as desired, like it did in Word 2004. I haven't been able to find how to
do this in Preferences or Help.
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