Alexandro Colorado wrote:
On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:53:34 -0500, Gary Schnabl
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Alexandro Colorado wrote:
Method 2
*Alternatively:*
1. Select *Tools | Options*; and on the *File Locations* tab,
double-click on “User Templates” (or single-click on “User
Templates” and choose “Modify”).
* If you are using Word 2000 or earlier versions, this dialog
displays the path in which your custom templates are stored
(where it says “Folder Name”). Press *Ctrl + C *to copy the
path, and close the dialog.
* If you are using Word 2002, finding the path has been made
unnecessarily difficult, because the “Folder name” box in
the “Modify location” dialog shows a blank. One way to get
the complete path is to click the down arrow on the “Look
in” box, which will display the folder tree. You can then
copy down the path by hand and type it into the "File name"
box in the File Open dialog. An easier way to get the path
is to select Properties on the Tools menu in that dialog.
Drag across the path shown on the General tab and press
*Ctrl + C* to copy it. You can then paste it into the File
Open dialog.
2. Select *File | Open (*or press* Ctrl+O)*; and in the Open dialog:
* If you are using Word 2000 or earlier versions, press
*Ctrl+V* to paste the path you copied earlier, then press
*Return*. This takes you straight to the right folder.
* If you are using Word 2002, browse to the folder you noted
down previously.
3. Where it says “Files of Type,” you may need to select “Document
Templates (*.dot)” in order to see Normal.dot
* Open the file called Normal.dot (depending on how you've
configured Windows Explorer, it may just display as
“Normal”, without showing the extension).
* Once you have opened Normal.dot, delete the text in it, save
the file and close. The next time you press New you should
get a /Blank/ Document.
Gary
Ok here we see things in different ways. The way you see it is give
the users a version that fits their experience. The way I see it is to
develop for the mayority. I dont think we should waste much of the
resource developing for MSO. I will rather develop for the common
lower nomination, just like websites being developed 800x600.
Developing for 2 versions ago, seem more safe to me since I think most
people used the older workflow.
The sample chosen just happened to be on my browser at the time... So,
it had nothing to do, per se, with MSO or OOo, as I keep up with a
number of various suites beside OOo. The point was to show that the
third-party (http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/AppErrors/BlankDocNotBlank.htm)
material that I was reading last night used a much more succinct method
than resorting to screen capturing most or all of the procedural steps.
[A forum question about MSO templates somehow got directed to that
third-party site via the Online Help on MSO Professional 2007.]
But you brought up the point of the "majority." What skill level does
the mainstream or typical user have at this point in a computerized
society? Do they need to use screen captures to learn how open a file
today versus ten years ago? I doubt learning that is needed anymore.
[Just stating the menu command to use to open a file should suffice.]
Especially when computers are introduced to kids in kindergarten. I
taught K-12 for three years in metro Detroit (fortunately, not DPS
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Detroit_Public_Schools>) close to a decade
ago, and even kids in one of the most distressed US communities ([city
of] Detroit, with its current 22% high-school graduation rate) back then
had access in schools to computer applications.
Gary
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