Template Opening

[Daniel]

Using My Computer (Explorer) and finding a template that I
need to use, if I double click it, it opens as a new
document in Word. If I open Word and then open the
document through the open command, it opens the actual
document or in Explorer if I right click the document and
click open it opens the actual document. Why the
differnece? How can I make it so that double clicking the
document in Explorer opens the actual document in Word.

 

[Suzanne S. Barnhill]

The default action for templates is New rather than Open. You can change
this in Explorer, but you will be going against Word's design.

 

[Charles Kenyon]

Windows is acting correctly. You shouldn't be routinely using File => Open
to use templates. The way to use a template is to create a new document,
make any appropriate changes, and save the new document. If your templates
are stored in one of the appropriate templates folders, you can use File =>
New instead of File => Open to create the new document.
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Charles Kenyon

See also the MVP FAQ: <URL: http://www.mvps.org/word/> which is awesome!
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