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changing .dot back to .doc
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? |
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changing .dot back to .doc
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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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changing .dot back to .doc
In Word 2003 (which I assuming you're using), you can create a new document
using a .doc, .dot, or .wiz file (the latter being just a convention for a ..dot that contains automation via automacros to facilitate document creation). In any of these, the resulting document will be a .doc file unless you've changed the default Save as option. As a general rule, it's much better to use .doc than .dot for document names. Among other reasons, it will be less confusing for those with whom you are sharing documents. Also... if you double-click a .doc file in Windows Explorer, it will open that file for editing. If you double-click a ..dot file, Word instead uses the .dot file to create a new document based on the .dot file. Unless that's really what you want to do, using .doc as the extension will serve you better. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mossrose" wrote in message ... 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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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 -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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So you can! When did they sneak that change in?
-- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: 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 "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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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changing .dot back to .doc
Thanks to each of you. If I'm understanding what Herb and Graham are saying,
then it's impossible to change the documents with the .dot extension to .doc ones unless I copy and paste the material into a new document and save it as a .doc? And..if I use a template to create a new document, then it will automatically save that as a .dot? "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: In Word 2003 (which I assuming you're using), you can create a new document using a .doc, .dot, or .wiz file (the latter being just a convention for a .dot that contains automation via automacros to facilitate document creation). In any of these, the resulting document will be a .doc file unless you've changed the default Save as option. As a general rule, it's much better to use .doc than .dot for document names. Among other reasons, it will be less confusing for those with whom you are sharing documents. Also... if you double-click a .doc file in Windows Explorer, it will open that file for editing. If you double-click a .dot file, Word instead uses the .dot file to create a new document based on the .dot file. Unless that's really what you want to do, using .doc as the extension will serve you better. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mossrose" wrote in message ... 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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I *think* it was new in Word 2003, but possibly 2002. One of the big changes
came in Word 97, when it became possible to store macros in documents (and perhaps before that it also wasn't possible to store toolbars and keyboard shortcuts in docs, either?). When it got to the point that you could store just about anything in a document that you can store in a template (AutoText is a notable exception), then I guess the distinction began to gray. -- Suzanne S. Barnhill Microsoft MVP (Word) Words into Type Fairhope, Alabama USA Word MVP FAQ site: http://word.mvps.org Email cannot be acknowledged; please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup so all may benefit. "Graham Mayor" wrote in message ... So you can! When did they sneak that change in? -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org Suzanne S. Barnhill wrote: 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 "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. -- Graham Mayor - Word MVP My web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site http://word.mvps.org 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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changing .dot back to .doc
No. Once opened, any file can be saved as .doc or .dot. Just choose File -
Save as, and set the type as desired. If you open a .dot file from Word (using File - Open), then you're opening that .dot file for editing, and unless you explicitly choose File - Save As and save it as a .doc file or something else, then you'll be saving changes to the .dot file you're editing. If, however, you choose File - New and choose a .dot file upon which to base a new document, then the file will be saved as specified in the default save format (in Tools - Options - Save). You can, of course, explicitly use File - Save As to save in a format different from the default. If you open a .dot file by double-clicking it (using Windows Explorer), then a new Document # window will be opened based on the .dot file. This is equivalent to choosing File - New and specifying that .dot file as the basis for creating a new document. Again, the default save format is governed by the Tools - Options - Save setting. But, as before, you can use File - Save as to override the default. ..dot files are designed for creating new documents. You can edit .dot files, but it's harder to do, simply because double-clicking using Windows Explorer defaults to creating a new document, rather than to editing the .dot file itself. It's all-round less confusing if you save document files as .doc, and save templates as .dot. That way, other users' expectations will be not be upset. I hope this clarifies... -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mossrose" wrote in message news Thanks to each of you. If I'm understanding what Herb and Graham are saying, then it's impossible to change the documents with the .dot extension to .doc ones unless I copy and paste the material into a new document and save it as a .doc? And..if I use a template to create a new document, then it will automatically save that as a .dot? "Herb Tyson [MVP]" wrote: In Word 2003 (which I assuming you're using), you can create a new document using a .doc, .dot, or .wiz file (the latter being just a convention for a .dot that contains automation via automacros to facilitate document creation). In any of these, the resulting document will be a .doc file unless you've changed the default Save as option. As a general rule, it's much better to use .doc than .dot for document names. Among other reasons, it will be less confusing for those with whom you are sharing documents. Also... if you double-click a .doc file in Windows Explorer, it will open that file for editing. If you double-click a .dot file, Word instead uses the .dot file to create a new document based on the .dot file. Unless that's really what you want to do, using .doc as the extension will serve you better. Cheers, -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "mossrose" wrote in message ... 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. -- Herb Tyson MS MVP Author of the Word 2007 Bible Blog: http://word2007bible.herbtyson.com Web: http://www.herbtyson.com "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? |
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