Protect a Template?

Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get the task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and all
the templates displayed.
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the first 8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with .xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002 that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder since they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of OS's and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
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"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get the task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the first 8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with .xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002 that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

I'd guess it was excel. I asked another person to verify this behavior in
xl2002 and it behaved the same way--and that was with a different version of
windows.



RagDyeR wrote:

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder since they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of OS's and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
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"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get the task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the first 8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with .xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002 that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Check this out.

http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=xl2002

Ignore the title!

Scroll to the bottom and read what's under "More Information".

According to them, they shouldn't even be displayed.

I wonder what's the story with XL03?
--
Regards,

RD

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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I'd guess it was excel. I asked another person to verify this behavior in
xl2002 and it behaved the same way--and that was with a different version
of
windows.



RagDyeR wrote:

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder since
they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups
folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of OS's
and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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--------------------------------------------------------------------

"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get the
task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you
get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and
all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template
names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the first
8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to
stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with
..xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002 that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly
Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if
it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Just started looking around and found this.

In XL03, they're saying (advertising?) that you can use the
"AlternateStartUp" location *again*.

http://tinyurl.com/6zm8q

Look under "Storing Templates".

Does that mean that *only* XL02 will not be able to network templates using
the "StartUp" location?

Does Redmond fix all the bugs they know about, or do they just leave some
"hanging"?
--
HTH,

RD

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RD

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"Ragdyer" wrote in message
...
Check this out.


http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=xl2002

Ignore the title!

Scroll to the bottom and read what's under "More Information".

According to them, they shouldn't even be displayed.

I wonder what's the story with XL03?
--
Regards,

RD

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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I'd guess it was excel. I asked another person to verify this behavior
in
xl2002 and it behaved the same way--and that was with a different
version
of
windows.



RagDyeR wrote:

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder since
they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups
folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of OS's
and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get
the
task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you
get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and
all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template
names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the
first
8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to
stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with
.xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template
displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002
that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly
Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've
seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder
is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if
it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson

Maybe the way you do things (alternate startup folder) is more prevalent than I
thought and MS wants to restore that behavior.

(Who knows???)

Ragdyer wrote:

Just started looking around and found this.

In XL03, they're saying (advertising?) that you can use the
"AlternateStartUp" location *again*.

http://tinyurl.com/6zm8q

Look under "Storing Templates".

Does that mean that *only* XL02 will not be able to network templates using
the "StartUp" location?

Does Redmond fix all the bugs they know about, or do they just leave some
"hanging"?
--
HTH,

RD

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Regards,

RD

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"Ragdyer" wrote in message
...
Check this out.


http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=xl2002

Ignore the title!

Scroll to the bottom and read what's under "More Information".

According to them, they shouldn't even be displayed.

I wonder what's the story with XL03?
--
Regards,

RD

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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I'd guess it was excel. I asked another person to verify this behavior
in
xl2002 and it behaved the same way--and that was with a different
version
of
windows.



RagDyeR wrote:

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder since
they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups
folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of OS's
and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get
the
task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and you
get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted, and
all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Please keep all correspondence within the Group, so all may benefit !
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template
names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the
first
8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to
stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated with
.xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template
displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002
that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but honestly
Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've
seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a folder
is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar, or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler if
it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson



--

Dave Peterson

I think you're being too kind to them using the word "restore".
It might better fit somewhere under the "features" label that they love to
use.

If you'll notice at the bottom, the keyword for the article *does* contain
what it probably, actually, is:

"kbbug KB302834"
--


Regards,

RD
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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
Maybe the way you do things (alternate startup folder) is more prevalent
than I
thought and MS wants to restore that behavior.

(Who knows???)

Ragdyer wrote:

Just started looking around and found this.

In XL03, they're saying (advertising?) that you can use the
"AlternateStartUp" location *again*.

http://tinyurl.com/6zm8q

Look under "Storing Templates".

Does that mean that *only* XL02 will not be able to network templates
using
the "StartUp" location?

Does Redmond fix all the bugs they know about, or do they just leave some
"hanging"?
--
HTH,

RD

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RD

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"Ragdyer" wrote in message
...
Check this out.



http://support.microsoft.com/default...Product=xl2002

Ignore the title!

Scroll to the bottom and read what's under "More Information".

According to them, they shouldn't even be displayed.

I wonder what's the story with XL03?
--
Regards,

RD


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!

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"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I'd guess it was excel. I asked another person to verify this
behavior
in
xl2002 and it behaved the same way--and that was with a different
version
of
windows.



RagDyeR wrote:

Same thing here !?!?!?

Newest XL at the plant is 2K, and it works fine there.

The XP machines in the front office aren't linked to this folder
since
they
don't need the production templates. They use the Office WorkGroups
folder.

Have to try them out later.

But, I think the question is XL version or OS ?
Wonder if a true network drive might be part of it?

Unlike your "sophisticated"g set-up Dave, I've a hodge podge of
OS's
and
XL versions.

--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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!
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"RagDyeR" wrote in message
...
Just tried this at home on my XP machine, and you're right, you get
the
task
pane.

BUT ... simply click on "General Templates" in the task pane, and
you
get
the old, familiar dialog window, with the "General" tab defaulted,
and
all
the templates displayed.
--

Regards,

RD
--------------------------------------------------------------------
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!
--------------------------------------------------------------------

"Dave Peterson" wrote in message
...
I just tried it again (alternate start up location) and the template
names
do
appear in the taskpane. (I must have screwed up when I did it the
first
8
times!).

But when I click on them, nothing happens.

(maybe it'll work later????? vbg)

Dave Peterson wrote:

Just a couple of things:

" When I did File|new, I didn't see anything that was close to
stuff
in my
alternate startup folder (xl2002). Was it different for you?"

If you read the linked thread that I posted above, you probably
overlooked
the instruction to "close and re-open XL".
That's pre-supposing, of course, that the folder is populated
with
.xlt
files.

and from your previous post:
You should now close XL and then re-open it.
When you go to File New, you will see your new template
displayed
under
the "General" tab window.

The bad news is that I did close and reopen excel, but in xl2002
that
dialog has
disappeared. In xl2002, you get to see what's called a "task
pane".

snipped

And you're probably correct, there might be one person!
You've more experience then me in dealing with users, but
honestly
Dave,
just how many do use that feature?


I've never seen anyone use this successfully. The only time I've
seen
questions
about it is when someone is complaining that every file in a
folder
is
opening
and want it fixed.

===
So you can set this workgroup path via Word, the office toolbar,
or
directly in
the registry. I do think that it would have made it much simpler
if
it
was
changeable in each of the applications that use it.

--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson


--

Dave Peterson



--

Dave Peterson

My theory is that if it's documented, it's a feature. If it's undocumented,
it's a bug!

I'm not quite sure how KB articles fit my theory, though.

RagDyer wrote:

I think you're being too kind to them using the word "restore".
It might better fit somewhere under the "features" label that they love to
use.

If you'll notice at the bottom, the keyword for the article *does* contain
what it probably, actually, is:

"kbbug KB302834"
--

Regards,

RD
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