From: Ellen K. 

I actually used the instructions of Gregg and yourself today and am pleased
to report everything worked.

Previously however I NEVER used File | New, but rather always clicked the
blank page icon, and that doesn't pop the dialog with the choices.

So anyway, thanks again to both of you.   :)

On Tue, 10 May 2005 00:19:46 -0400, "Gary Britt"
 wrote in message
:

>If you need a document based upon a specific template that can be opened
>without using File | New from inside word, then first create the template.
>Then open the template itself in word.  Then do a file save as in Word and
>save the template as document in another directory.  You have to change the
>type of thing line in the save as dialog to word doc from word template when
>you do the save as.  Mark that new doc file as read only.  Then you can call
>it from the command line so to speak, but when you go to save changes you'll
>get a save as dialog box so the original document based upon the template
>isn't over-written with the changes.
>
>Gary
>
>"Ellen K."  wrote in message
>news:u5b081hbimcnmesjq0rf8jmf0m6stj2i0s{at}4ax.com...
>> That's where I went astray in the past.
>>
>> Thanks for all the help.   :)
>>
>> On Mon, 9 May 2005 19:10:00 -0400, "Gary Britt"

>> wrote in message :
>>
>> >If you open a template by other than using File | New from inside word,
>like
>> >by specifying its full name and doT extension, then you have opened the
>> >template itself and not a document with the template attached.
>>
>

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