"MyDocx.dotx", or its Template to be called "MyDotx.docx". Macro-Enabled Document with a ".docx" extension, so it is not possible for a Document to be called Internally, as well as the differences between Documents and Templates, there are, now, differences between DocumentsĪnd Macro-Enabled Documents, and Templates and Macro-Enabled Templates. ".docm" for Macro-enabled Documents, ".dotx" for ordinary Templates without macros, Type are: ".docx" for ordinary Documents without macros or other ‘active’ content, The new extensions, which can only be used on files of the appropriate
Templates, but it has introduced the concept of Macro-Enabled Documents and Templates, and givenĮxtra significance to the filename extensions. Word 2007, with its new file formats, has changed the picture slightly. It was possible, but the document was still a document, and the template a template, and Word knew the difference and Truly perverse would have a document called "MyDoc.dot" based on a template called "MyDot.doc", Usual for documents to be ".doc" files, and templates to be ".dot" files and manyĪspects of working with Word were built around the assumption that those extensions would be used. (the, traditionally, three, although now sometimes four, characters after the final dot in the filename), but it was Prior to Word 2007 it was not a requirement of Word that filenames had any particular suffixes, or extensions TheyĪre, however, different, and Word knows the difference and you can’t use a document as a template, or There are some esoteric file types that Word knows about, but for all practical purposes, Word works with DocumentsĪnd Templates these are superficially similarly constructed files, as is easy to see if you peek inside them. Registry without a concomitant warning of doom and destruction should you make a mistake, consider yourself so As it seems to be de rigueur not to mention the This article refers to the registry in several places. Know of any such, or if you think I have made any mistakes or missed out any important points. Do, please, let me know let me know [ link to e-mail the author at if you Many possible different situations that I may have missed one or more circumstance that exhibits behaviour differentįrom that which I have described. Whilst I have attempted to provide a complete picture, and written far more than I originally intended, there are so The subject in the future but, for the moment, this seems to be an almost unique page. Were even close to complete there are a couple of Microsoft Knowledgebase articles on the location, and oneīlog post by Office System MVP Mourad Louha blog post by Office System MVP Mourad Louha, but that was all I could find. Knowing something about it can only help you.īefore deciding to write this, I searched for other authors’ take on the subject – and found none that Whatever the source of Word’s Template, however, it does belong to you: you use it however you see fit, to If you don't provide a Template it can use, Word will create one for you from a set of built-in defaults. Every Document has one, and Word, itself, Word works with Templates it can’t do anything without Templates. It is also probable that there is some good informationĪmongst the total disorganisation that is the Word Team Blog Word Team Blog, but I
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( How to change the default settings for Word documents How to change the default settings for Word documents ). If you want more of that kind of end user-oriented information, I can recommend articles by Word MVPs Dian Chapman ( Normal.dot Template - Explained Normal.dot Template - Explained ) and Suzanne Barnhill How you can use your Normal Template to control the format of your documents, or to make editing of them easier. This article is not about how Word uses its Normal Template, or what it keeps in it it is not about More obscure mechanics of Word, read on, but. If you are interested in exploring some of the Normal Template, about where and how to find it, about how you can control what it is called and where it lives,Īnd about some of the weird and wonderful things that can happen. This monologue is about the file that is the Word is a complex application, and I tend to occupy its wilder shores.
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