It is impossible to save a template as a
document. It will always be a template.

This used to be true, and I thought it made sense, but apparently so many
people got in trouble that in Word 2003 I believe you *can* save a template
as a document. sigh

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"Graham Mayor" wrote in message
...
If you create a document (DOC) from a template (DOT), then if you have set
up the save option as Herb indicated, the resulting file will be a
document
not a template. You don't *open* templates to create documents you create
*new* documents from templates. It is impossible to save a template as a
document. It will always be a template.

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mossrose wrote:
Herb, thanks very much. Got it changed back for the future. Just a
question (I'm obviously a bit technically-challenged here!)...if I
use a template (either a Word one or one I've generated myself) for a
document, will it automatically save that document as a .dot, or only
if I change that setting you just told me how to change? Is there
any problem with having documents as *.dot* ones when I'm sharing
with other people? I'm just used to the *.doc* format. Thanks again
for your help! mossrose

"Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote:

You don't say which version of Word you're using. Assuming Word 2003
(or something similar), choose Tools - Options - Save, and set Save
Word files as: to Word Document (*.doc). I suspect it's currently
set to Document Template (*.dot).

If you're using Word 2007, click Office button - Word Options - Save
tab, and set "Save files in this format:" to the desired non-.dot
format.

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"mossrose" wrote in message
...
Somehow I changed the normal template (I guess) so that all my Word
documents
are being saved as .dot instead of .doc. I'd like to change this
back. How
do I do this and what effect will it have on my documents saved as
.dot, if
any?