Re: Starting a New Document in Word2003

Thanks, this looks useful.
Jack
"Suzanne S. Barnhill" <sbarnhill@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> This is one of the tricks described in my article
> http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/CustomizingWord2002.htm:
>
> 1. Open Tools | Customize.
>
> 2. On the Commands tab, select FileNewDialog from the All Commands
> category
> and drag it to your toolbar.
>
> 3. The command doesn't have an icon by default, so you'll need to add one.
> Right-click on your New button and choose Copy Button Image.
>
> 4. Right-click on the new button you added and choose Paste Button Image
> (if
> the button was showing text before, you may have to right-click and choose
> Default Style).
>
> 5. Drag the old New button off the toolbar.
>
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> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
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> "Jack Sadie" <jacksadie@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> When I click on the New Document icon in Word 2003 it opens a task pane
> on
>> the
>> right headed Templates.
>>
>> I then have to click on "Templates/On my computer"
>> to get to the dialog box where I can choose from all my carefully
> customised
>> templates.
>>
>> Please will someone tell me how can I make clicking the "New Document"
> icon
>> cause Word to go directly to that dialog box.
>>
>> I suppose I could a record a new macro and put it on a new icon but it
> seems
>> better to use the original icon to behave as I want it to.
>>
>> TIA.
>> Jack Sadie
>>
>>
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